Immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Silva has won the All Progressives Congress, governorship ticket in Bayelsa State.
APC in Bayelsa State commenced primary election on Friday across 105 wards to choose the party’s flagbearer in the November 11 election.
Sylva who resigned his position to join the Bayelsa State governorship race will be seeking to wrest the control of the oil rich southern state from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
Incumbent Diri clinched the PDP ticket on Wednesday in an unopposed primary election.
