Ex-Bayelsa Gov, Timipre Sylva Dumps APC, Gives Reasons
Sylva said he left after consultations and accused the APC of abandoning its founding ideals while calling the EFCC partisan.
- Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva resigned from the All Progressives Congress on Monday, describing the party as a "founding ship whose fate appears to have been sealed by its irredeemable load of iniquities."
- Sylva copied the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on his resignation letter, alleging the agency operates as "an organ of the APC" rather than a state institution. He claimed the party abandoned founding ideals, eroding standards of decency and morality.
- The former governor remains wanted by the EFCC regarding an alleged $14,859,257 fraud case and faces charges for an alleged coup plot against President Bola Tinubu. Sylva denies involvement, though he expects a "redoubled witch-hunt" against him and associates.
- Sylva's departure removes a prominent Niger Delta politician from the APC ahead of the 2027 general elections. Opposition parties, including the Nigeria Democratic Congress , are consolidating support as Sylva predicted Nigerians would seek government change.
- Opposition momentum grows in Bayelsa State, where the Nigeria Democratic Congress is led by former governor Seriake Dickson. The party's 2027 presidential candidate is Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, positioning opposition forces ahead of elections.
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“I am fully aware that my actions may invite a redoubled witch hunt against me and my associates, but that is a risk I am willing to take,” the former governor of Bayelsa said. The post Wanted over alleged coup plot, Sylva quits APC, says Nigerians will vote against Tinubu in 2027 appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress, APC. Sylva, a former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, made his decision known in a resignation letter dated August 31, 2026 and addressed to the APC Chairman of Ward 4 in Brass Local Government. In the letter, the former governor, […] Ex-Bayelsa Gov, Timipre Sylva dumps APC, gives reasons
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A former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress. Sylva also criticised the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, saying it had disappointed the majority of Nigerians and expressing confidence that the electorate would vote for a change in the 2027 general elections....
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