The former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, on Saturday, won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket in Bayelsa State.
The former governor defeated the APC candidate in the 2019 election, David Pereworimini Lyon, and four others to clinch the ticket.
Other contestants were – Ogbomade Isikima, Prof. Maureen Etebu, Festus Daumiebi, and Joshua Makava.
Sylva polled 52,061 votes to edge out his closest challenger, Makava who got 2, 078 votes.
Lyon scored 1,584 votes while the duo of Etebu and Isikama recorded 1, 277 and 584 votes respectively.
Daumiebi got 557 votes in the exercise.
The Bayelsa governorship election will be held on November 11, 2023.