Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the forthcoming Bayelsa governorship election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the forms were purchased for the minister by a group of his friends at the cost of N50 million on Monday in Abuja.
The Bayelsa governorship election has been slated for 11 November by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Mr Sylva, who was appointed as minister in 2019, was Bayelsa governor between 2008 and 2012.
Also at the APC National Secretariat to purchase the forms to contest the forthcoming Kogi governorship election, was Smart Adeyemi, a serving senator.
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