•Defeated Godson, Others
Former Minister of Petroleum, Mr. Timipre Sylva, has emerged governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress defeating the candidate of the party in the 2019 election, Hon. David Lyon,
Sylva had resigned his appointment as the Minister of State for petroleum few weeks ago to contest for the party’s ticket.
Sylva polled 52,061 votes to defeat five other contenders to win the governorship ticket at the party’s primary election conducted on Friday but concluded on Saturday.
The APC adopted the direct mode electoral system to hold the exercise in the 105 wards and eight local government areas of the state.
Another aspirant, Joshua Macaiver came second with 2,078 votes while a former governor-elect on the platform of the APC in Bayelsa, David Lyon came third with 1,584 votes.
The chairman of the APC primary election committee for Bayelsa, Major General Ahmed Jibrin (retd.), declared the former governor as the winner of the exercise at the party’s secretariat in Yenagoa on Saturday.