Former Governor of Bayelsa State and immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva has won the Bayelsa APC governorship primary election.
He was declared winner of the election by the election committee chairman, Major General A.T. Jubrin after scoring the highest number of votes.
He polled a total of 52,061 votes to defeat his closest rival, Great Joshua MacIver who came second with 2,078 while former Governor-elect, David Lyon came third with 1582.