Timipre Sylva, former Bayelsa State Governor and ex-Minister of State for Petroleum Resource, has been linked to a coup plot currently under investigation by the Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA.

 

Armed personnels however stormed the Abuja residence of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chieftain.

 

According to multiple security sources, the operation was carried out by a special military team in the early hours of Tuesday at Sylva’s residence in Maitama, Abuja.

 

 

 

It was gathered that the raid followed intelligence reports linking the former governor to a series of secret meetings allegedly held with some of the detained military officers accused of plotting to overthrow the government.

 

Sylva’s brother, identified as Paga, was arrested by the Army Personnel that raided the house of the former Governor.

 

“The Nigerian Army special team ransacked the home of Timipre Sylva, who is believed to have fled Nigeria. He is the South-South former governor frequently mentioned in the case. His brother, Paga, was picked up during the raid,” a source revealed.

 

Following this development, no official statement had been issued by the military as regards the raid.