Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- The former governor of Bayelsa State and erstwhile Minister of Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) did not observe any protocol before declaring him wanted.

In a statement on Monday, Julius Bokoru, special assistant on Media and Public Affairs to Mr Sylva, said the commission only took to social media to announce, "quite unceremoniously", that it had declared the former minister wanted.

"No formal communication was extended to him, no established protocol observed-only a sudden digital proclamation designed, it would seem, to inflame public sentiment and manufacture yet another episode of orchestrated hostility," Mr Bokoru said.

He described it as "curious" that wha...