Timipre Marlin Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has joined the Bayelsa gubernatorial race to complete a second four-year term as governor of the state.
Sylva, who served one term as Governor of Bayelsa from 2008 to 2012, is constitutionally allowed to occupy the office for another four-year term having been removed from office by the Supreme Court after winning a second term in 2012.