Its A Lie,I Did Not Sponsor Abuja Bombing..Timipre Sylva

Former Bayelsa State Governor Chief Timipre Sylva has denied any involvement in the October 1, 2010 bombings in Abuja.
A state witness in the Independence Day bombing in Abuja, simply identified as ‘Mr. X’ had on Wednesday claimed in his testimony that Sylva had foreknowledge of the blast.
But the former governor’s media aide, Doifie Ola, denied the claim, saying the attempt is to rope in Sylva with treason.
“For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state that the so-called testimony is completely false, mischievous and misleading. Sylva knows nothing about the Independence Day bombing. He has nothing to do with it.
“It is public knowledge that the alleged mastermind of the October 1, 2010 Abuja bombing, Mr. Henry Okah, who is currently standing trial in a South African court, has deposed to an affidavit in which he did not mention Sylva as having any links to the blast,” Sylva said in a statement made available to National Mirror.
Sylva, therefore, wondered what the State Security Services (SSS) wanted to achieve with the falsehood by the so-called independent witness.
His words: “Besides, the testimony by the unnamed witness smells of obvious desperation to drag Sylva into what he knows nothing about, perhaps, in continuation of the deliberate political victimisation that has been meted out to him in recent times. It is sad that after all they have done against Sylva, the forces of reaction appear not yet satisfied. Now, they want to rope him into a treasonable offence he did not commit. That way, it would be easy to silence him forever since under our laws the punishment for treason is death.
“Nigerians have in recent history been witnesses to the fates of innocent citizens who were sent to their early graves or incarcerated unjustly on phantom charges of concealment. Having emerged from that ugly past, the security agencies and the political class must be careful to avoid things that may re-enact the bad political times.
“Sylva dissociates himself completely from the Independence Day bombing issue and advises the security agencies to strive to do their job professionally and not taint it with politics.”

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Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

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