Senator Seriake Dickson Bayelsa West has explained why he cannot be part of a panel investigating Timipre Sylva, former minister of petroleum resources. Sylva was also his predecessor as governor of Bayelsa State.
According to Senator Dickson, he recused himself when he found out that the Senate Committee on Local Content had summoned an investigative hearing into allegations of diversion of 14.8 million by Timipre Sylva.
In a detailed statement on Facebook, he said: When I discovered that the hearing was specifically summoned for that purpose, I raised objections - firstly, on the ground that there should be no selective inquiry that the entirety of the management of the fund, perhaps from inception, should be investigated, if at all, and not just one transaction.