Former Governor of Bayelsa State and immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva has won the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship ticket in the state.
Recall that on Friday, APC in Bayelsa State commenced primary across 105 wards to choose the party’s flagbearer in the November 11 election.
Sylva will be flying APC’s flag in the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State after polling 52,061 votes to defeat five other contenders to win the governorship ticket at the party’s primary election conducted on Friday and Saturday.
Sylva was trailed by A former militant leader, Joshua Macaiver who 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.
Also, Prof. Ongoebi Etebu scored 1,277 votes; Isikima Johnson 584 votes; and Festus Daumiebi polled 557 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.
