March 31, (THEWILL) – Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has resigned from office, the Presidency said on Friday, to confirm THEWILL’s exclusive report.
Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed the development, just exactly a week after THEWILL exclusively reported his resignation.
THEWILL had reported on March 24, that he resigned from office in compliance with the Electoral Act to contest the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State.
Ahmad, in a tweet on his official Twitter handle on Friday, wrote: “Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, and former Bayelsa State Governor, H.E. Timipre Sylva, has resigned his appointment to contest in the next Bayelsa governorship election.”
