Sylva Resigns From APC, Accuses Government of Abandoning Party’s Ideals

Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) with immediate effect, citing what he described as the abandonment of the party’s founding ideals.

Sylva announced his resignation in a letter dated August 31, 2026, addressed to the APC chairman of Ward 4 in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

The former minister, who described himself as a founding member of the APC, said he had consulted with his family, associates, colleagues and sympathisers before taking the decision.

According to him, it was “deeply saddening” to witness the ideals upon which the party was built being “thoroughly and unrecognisably thwarted.”

Sylva also criticised what he described as the belief among some APC leaders that “all is fair in politics,” arguing that such an approach violated basic standards of decency and morality.

He said the APC-led Federal Government had disappointed the majority of Nigerians and expressed doubts about the possibility of the administration being revamped.

“I am therefore left with no other choice than to jettison a floundering ship whose fate appears to have been sealed by its irredeemable load of iniquities,” Sylva stated.

He further expressed confidence that Nigerians would vote for change in the coming election, saying they would “vote for Nigeria and free the Country from this stranglehold on our beautiful country.”

Sylva also copied the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the resignation letter, alleging that the anti-graft agency had recently conducted itself “more as an organ of the APC than as an institution of State.”

He acknowledged that his decision could expose him and his associates to what he described as a possible “redoubled witch-hunt,” but said he was prepared to take the risk.