President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, however, confirmed Sylva had resigned.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has resigned from President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Friday that the minister has submitted his resignation letter to President Buhari.
According to the sources, Mr Sylva has the intention to contest the governorship election in Bayelsa and will participate in the APC’s forthcoming primary election which is likely to hold in April.
Sylva has only governed Bayelsa for one term and has constitutional rights to contest for another term.
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When contacted, the spokesperson for the minister, Horatius Egua, said he could not deny or confirm the resignation because he had not seen the resignation letter or been officially informed of the resignation by the minister.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, however, confirmed Sylva had resigned.
“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,” Ahmad said in a Twitter post on Friday.
Sylva will be hoping to unseat Governor Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party who was named governor following a ruling by the Supreme Court.