POLITICS: Sylva Wins Rescheduled APC Primary Gov Election as Timi Bows Out

Former Governor Timipre Sylva was on Wednesday declared winner of rescheduled Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Election primary held today in Yenagoa, the state capital, after polling 981 votes out of 1147 accredited delegates. Also the former managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe, on Wednesday withdrew from the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa State, citing party interest.

Alaibe formerly declared his decision to pull out of the rescheduled governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in a statement he signed at about 3:00am and entitled: “For the sake of our party, I withdraw from the APC governorship primary.”

Describing the decision as self-sacrifice, he said it was taken out of his desire to give APC deserved peace and unity ahead of the election.

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Bennard Ahupa

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Endy Edeson

i know TIMI ALAIBE wasn't going anywhere. the system is not yet porous for him to jump into.

Enyinda Nathaniel Okey

we shall hear more from tomorrow... that state is precarious when it comes to politics... this is the same Sylvia that had altercations with Oshiomhole.

Endy Edeson

@okey: what is SYLVIA still looking for in Bayelsa. APC is not united enough to conduct common primary election, they are too ambitious