Bayelsa Guber: Sylva To Face Dickson Again

Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the December 5 governorship election in the state after winning the party’s primary.

Sylva polled 981 votes to defeat his distant rival, Mr. Godknows Powell, who scored 39 votes in a peaceful primary conducted at the state secretariat of the party in Yenagoa on Wednesday.

The primary was conducted by a seven-member electoral committee led by Brig. Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.).

With this victory, Sylva will face incumbent Governor Seriake Dickson, who defeated him in the 2011 governorship election.