As the race for the governorship seat of Bayelsa state begins, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest.
Sylva was Bayelsa Governor between 2008–2012.
The forms according to report was purchased for the minister by a group of his friends at the cost of N50 million on Monday in Abuja.
The Bayelsa governorship election has been slated for November 11, 2023, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Sylva was appointed as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources in 2019.