Former Bayelsa State governor and  Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has joined the race for the governorship seat of the state

According to reports, friends of the minister purchased the N50m All Progressives Congress nomination and expression of interest forms for the former governor.

The said friends were reportedly at the national secretariat of the APC on Monday to pick up the nomination form for him.

Sylva was Governor of Bayelsa State between 2008 and 2012 and was later appointed Minister of State for Petroleum Resources in 2019.

The governorship election in the state is slated for November 11, 2023.