Nigeria
Former petroleum resources state minister Sylva relies on alliances to take Bayelsa State

Timipre Sylva, Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum and Resources, at the 33rd OPEC meet in Vienna, Austria, 5 October 2022.
Timipre Sylva, Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum and Resources, at the 33rd OPEC meet in Vienna, Austria, 5 October 2022. © Christian Bruna/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP
Timipre Sylva, who is running for the post of governor of Bayelsa State, has done a series of deals with the local kingmakers to help him defeat the outgoing governor, and is seeking to take back the oil and gas producing Niger Delta state from the People's Democratic Party. [...]
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