BREAKING: Timipre Sylva joins Bayelsa guber race
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Timipre Sylva, Minister of petroleum
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has joined Bayelsa gubernatorial race.
According to reports, friends of the minister have purchased the N50 million All Progressives Congress nomination and expression of interest form for the former governor.
The said friends were reportedly at the national secretariat of the APC on Monday to pick up the nomination form
Sylvia was Governor of Bayelsa State between 2008–2012 and was later appointed Minister of State for Petroleum Resources in 2019.
The governorship election in the state is slated for November 11, 2023.
