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A report on Scoopng.com indicates that Timipre Sylva, the ex-governor of Bayelsa state and head of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration committee, will appear in court today.  
Sylva has an ongoing corruption and money laundering case involving N19.2 billion.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had accused Sylva of using three companies to commit the money laundering offences between 2009 and 2012 when he was the governor of Bayelsa state.
The companies are Marlin Maritime Limited, Eat Catering Services Limited, and Haloween- Blue Construction and Logistics Limited. Others charged with Sylva are Francis Okoburo, Gbenga S. Balogun and Samuel Ogbuku.
The EFCC instituted 42 counts of money laundering against the three accused before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

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Sylva, and the secretary to the government of the federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, will co-chair the 2015 Presidential Inauguration Planning Committee.
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Meanwhile, recent reports that surfaced in the media indicate that Sylva is among several candidates in Bayelsa preparing to participate in the state’s governorship election scheduled for February, 2016.