Timipre Sylva
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Timipre Sylva is a People's Democratic Party politician who is the Governor of Bayelsa State in southern Nigeria.
Sylva was born in Rivers State, of which Bayelsa State was split off from in 1996, and was educated there and in Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria. He was a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly in the 1990s.[1]
Sylva won the gubernatorial election and succeeded Goodluck Jonathan on May 29, 2007, who went on to the position of Vice President.[2] During his inauguration, he said that Bayelsa was "the least developed industrially and commercially" of all 36 states.[2]
Sylva's opponent in the 2007 election, Ebitimi Amgbare of the Action Congress, legally challenged his victory. Although the Bayelsa State Election Petitions Tribunal upheld Sylva's election, Amgbare took the matter to the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, which overturned the Tribunal's decision and nullified Sylva's election on April 15, 2008. The Appeal Court's five justices were unanimous in their decision and ordered that Speaker Werinipre Seibarugo be sworn in to replace Sylva as acting Governor, with a new election to be held within three months.[3]
A new election was held on May 24, 2008, and Sylva, again running as the PDP candidate, was overwhelmingly elected with 588,204 out of about 598,000 votes.[4] He was sworn in again on May 27, saying on this occasion that he would form a broadly inclusive unity government.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Sylva, Timipre. "Bayelsa: I'll Treat Sycophants As My Greatest Enemies", Nigerian Vanguard, PR Newswire, 2007-03-17. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ a b "Sylva Laments Poor Industrial Condition Of Bayelsa", Niger Delta Standard. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ "Nigerian gorvenor loses his job by court order", Panapress (afrik.com), April 16, 2008.
- ^ Mahmoud Muhammad, "PDP Sweeps Sokoto, Bayelsa Again", Leadership (allAfrica.com), May 26, 2008.
- ^ Segun James, "Sylva Takes Oath of Office, Embraces Unity Govt", This Day, May 28, 2008.
[edit] External links
- 2008 campaign website
- 2007 campaign website
- Oyadongha, Samuel. "Bayelsa govt tasks Nigerians on solution to N-Delta crisis", Nigerian Vanguard, Vanguard Media Limited, 2007-05-31. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
| Preceded by Goodluck Jonathan |
Governor of Bayelsa State 29 May 2007–16 April 2008 |
Succeeded by Werinipre Seibarugo |
| Preceded by Werinipre Seibarugo |
Governor of Bayelsa State 27 May 2008 – present |
Incumbent |
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Abia: Theodore Orji |
Delta: Emmanuel Uduaghan |
Kano: Ibrahim Shekarau |
Ondo: Olusegun Agagu |
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