Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has resigned from office.

The junior minister had reportedly submitted his letter of resignation to President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday This comes after Sylva, who had governed Bayelsa for one term and still has constitutional rights to contest for another tenure, declared his intent to participate in the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election on April 14, in preparation for the Bayelsa governorship election.