Ex-gov, Sylva quits APC, asks Nigerians to vote out party
Former Governor of Bayelsa State and immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the party of abandoning the ideals upon which it was founded. Sylva, a founding member of the party, said he could no longer remain in a […]
Christopher Timipre Sylva, a former governor of Bayelsa State and a former minister of state for petroleum resources, has left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party. Sylva, who was a founder member of the APC, alleged that the party had abandoned its original ideals and that its leaders had embraced a philosophy that "all is fair in politics."
He resigned from the party in a letter dated August 31, 2026, expressing his disappointment and sadness over the party's deviation from its founding principles. Sylva cited the actions of the APC-led federal government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as evidence of the party's abandonment of its initial ideals.
He also accused the EFCC of behaving more like an organ of the party than an independent institution. Sylva's resignation comes at a time when many of his loyalists in the party have defected to other opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general election, complaining of being schemed out of the party they had worked to build. Sylva is currently being tried in absentia for allegedly financing a coup against President Bola Tinubu, a charge he denies.
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