Sylva Not Involved In Rumoured Coup Plot –Aide 

Posted by Ignatius Okpara Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Wednesday, October 29th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Assistant connected Media and Public Affairs to ex-Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, Julius Bokoru, has refuted claims linking his main to an alleged coup plot, saying that the study is baseless and politically motivated.

Bokoru, successful a connection issued connected Wednesday, stated that the rumours circulating successful immoderate quarters were the enactment of hopeless governmental jobbers who are seeking to actualise their ambitions successful the 2027 elections.

There were reports that subject investigators probing an alleged crippled to overthrow President Bola Tinubu were questioning the Managing Director of a Federal Government bureau successful the South-South region.

Two quality officers had besides confirmed that the authoritative was arrested for allegedly transferring a ample sum of wealth to Sylva, who was reportedly being accused arsenic 1 of the financiers of the alleged plot. According to investigators, the funds were meant to execute the purported coup.

Speaking concerning the development, Bokoru stated that immoderate politicians had embarked connected a mischievous way since they spot the erstwhile Bayelsa State politician arsenic a large menace to their governmental ambitions.

Bokoru said: “His Excellency, Chief Timipre Sylva, was successful the United Kingdom for regular aesculapian checks and is scheduled to proceed to Malaysia to be a nonrecreational conference.

“For the avoidance of doubt, it is existent that the residence of His Excellency, Chief Timipre Sylva, was precocious subjected to a raid by individuals believed to beryllium operatives of the Defence Headquarters.

“During the said operation, sizeable harm was inflicted upon the property. Despite sustained efforts, I person been incapable to ascertain the reasons oregon authorisation for this raid. To the champion of my knowledge, the officers progressive did not supply immoderate categorical mentation for their actions, either astatine the clip oregon subsequently.”

According to him, the Defence Headquarters had already discarded the rumours of a coup successful Nigeria, adding that Sylva had nary engagement with immoderate specified plot.

“Chief Sylva is simply a thoroughbred politician whose governmental travel has been defined by religion successful antiauthoritarian processes and institutions.

“From the 1990s, erstwhile helium was archetypal elected into the aged Rivers State House of Assembly, to his tenure arsenic politician of Bayelsa State, Sylva has achieved each milestone done transparent antiauthoritarian engagement and the volition of the people,” Bokoru said.

He further pointed retired that the rumours were “nothing much than the handiwork of hopeless and narcissistic politicians, already consumed by ambitions for 2027, who spot Sylva arsenic their past existent obstacle, a antheral whose governmental beingness and credibility proceed to exposure their dark, self-serving ambit...