Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Chief Timipre Marlin Sylva who is the Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has finally notched a victory in a lawsuit which had been slammed against the Publisher of Point Blank News, Mr Jackson Ude in a United States District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania.
Africa Today News, New York had also gathered that Jackson Ude had in a publication which had been recently made alleged that the minister had been involved in some forms of financial misappropriation.
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Among some of the other publications allegedly aimed at damaging the reputation of the Minister, Ude had also openly made some accusations on Timipre of paying the sum of ten thousand United States Dollars bribe to each member of the National Assembly in a bid to influence the lawmakers to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
The former governor of Bayelsa State subsequently filed a defamation suit against the journalist.
According to The Sun, Justice Joseph F. Leeson. Jr. who presided over the case, ordered Ude to take down all publications made against the minister via the Pointblank News website.
Part of the judgement reads, “Mr Ude will reasonably and in good faith take down, delete, and destroy all articles and publications that allege any criminal or other misconduct by Sylva appearing on the Point Blank News website and from Ude’s social media accounts, especially those publications in issue in this case.”
In another report, Chief Timipre Sylva has announced his withdrawal from the presidential race in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and returned to work in his ministry.
Africa Today News, New York reports that Sylva revealed that he withdrew his ambition having considered the enormous work at the ministry which he would be leaving behind.
An official at the ministry who spoke under the condition of anonimity said Sylva withdrew from the race to support President Muhammadu Buhari in his quest to achieve a robust oil sector.
