The camp of Governor Timipre Sylva has continued to suffer some setbacks following resignations of some members of his cabinet.The Chairman of the State Board for Internal Revenue, Mr. Solomon Apreala, on Wednesday abandoned his job, citing political reasons.Our correspondent learnt that the resignation of Apreala made it three the number of key cabinet members of Sylva administration that had left their jobs.The Commissioner for Youths, Conflict Resolution and Employment Generation, Mr. Etifa Bekeakpo and the Special Adviser on Interparty Relations, Mr. Stephen Diver, had earlier resigned their appointments.While Sylva immediately appointed his Special Adviser on Legal Education, Mr. Fitzegerald Olorogun, to replace Bekeakpo, he has yet to fill other vacant offices. But it was learnt that Apreala resignation had further unsettled the camp of Sylva.Apreala had in a buildup to the April general elections incurred the wrath of Sylva following an allegation that he was funding his younger brothers ambition to become a member of the state House of Assembly on the platform of the Labour Party.
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