Timipre Sylva wins APC election

The former Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylva, has won the All Progressives Party Congress primary election to emerge governorship candidate for the December 5 poll.
The former governor scored 981 votes to win the ticket, beating Godknows Powel, who polled 39 votes to emerge runner up while Wallman Agoriba scored 28 votes to place third.
Announcing the result at the APC secretariat in Yenagoa by Mansur Alli , Chairman, Electoral Committee, Bayelsa APC primary election, said a total of 1147 delegates were accredited.
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