EXCLUSIVE: How former governor Sylva allegedly became coup sponsor

For Mr Sylva, who was in and out out of public offices from 1992 to 2023, running for elections and reaching the top layer of the power structure in the region by becoming an oil minister and governor in between, his social and political networks would have widened over time to include trusted security figures like Mr Ma’aji who have served in Bayelsa State or the Niger Delta.

New revelations about how Timipre Sylva, a former governor, ex-minister and member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), figured in the alleged plot to topple President Bola Tinubu’s administration last year have come to light, as PREMIUM TIMES digs into secret details investigators have come to know but may not share publicly.‘My children are abroad because of Nigeria’s conditions’ Mr Ma’aji recounted that, in Mr Sylva’s embrace of the coup plot, he admitted that politicians had failed Nigerians.