2023 Election: PDP wins Brass-Nembe House of Reps seat

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mrs Marie Enenimiete Ebikake, as a winner of Brass-Nembe Federal Constituency during last Saturday's National Assembly elections.

INEC's Returning Officer for the federal constituency, Prof Donatus Enang Bassey, who announced the result, said the PDP's candidate polled a total of 11,145 to defeat the incumbent and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Israel Sunny-Goli, who scored 6755 votes to come second.

Brass-Nembe Federal Constituency is the home constituency of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and former Governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva.

The Constituency has been the stronghold of APC in the state over the years.