Before to the governor of Bayrlsa State’s primary election, Timipre Sylva, the minister of state for petroleum resources, resigned from his position.
On Friday, a presidential adviser tweeted to corroborate this.
Bashir Ahmad, the Special Assistant on Digital Media for President Muhammadu Buhari, tweeted that former Bayelsa state governor and minister of state for petroleum resources H.E. Timipre Sylva had resigned from his position to run in the next Bayelsa governorship election.
Sylva is qualified to seek for reelection under the constitution even though he has only held the office of governor of Bayelsa for one term.
Earlier in the week, members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State had called on the national leadership of the party to disqualify Sylva from contesting the governorship primaries of the party over his refusal to resign his position as minister.
The party faithful, from 43 Wards in Ekeremor, Ogbia, Sagbama, Kolokuma/Opokuma and Southern Ijaw councils of the state, in a petition to the party national leadership, pointed out that at the time the minister was screened, he had not resigned.
The petition, which was signed by Doubra Kpoku, Nelson Gbeinbo, Charles Fyneman, Ogbel Joseph, Dressman Isowo, among others, and addressed to the national chairman, national secretary, legal adviser and national organising secretary of the party, said the minister’s action is a violation of the party’s constitution.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, and former Bayelsa state governor, H.E. Timipre Sylva, has resigned his appointment to contest in the next Bayelsa governorship election.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) March 31, 2023
