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Werinipre Seibarugo is a
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politician who was appointed acting Governor of
Bayelsa State Bayelsa is one of the states in the South-South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta region. Bayelsa State was created in 1996 and was carved out from Rivers State, making it one of the newest states in the federation. Yenag ...
in southern
Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
from 16 April 2008 to 27 May 2008. Seibarugo took office after the election of governor
Timipre Sylva Timipre Marlin Sylva (born 7 July 1964) is a Nigerian politician, he is a former List of Governors of Bayelsa State, Governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, and the current Nigeria Minister of State for Petroleum & Resources Corporation, Petroleum Re ...
was annulled on the basis that the
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had failed to file a summary of results from polling units, and that the election had therefore never taken place. As speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Seibarugo was sworn in as governor on 16 April 2008, with a new election to be held within three months. The election took place on 24 May 2008. Sylva was elected with an overwhelmingly majority and was sworn in again on 27 May 2008.


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