Nigeria, March 19 -- The Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Brass I Constituency in Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Charles Daniel, has been declared the winner of the election in the constituency.

Mr Daniel won the same seat in 2019 on the platform of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) before defecting to the PDP.

Mr Daniel polled 4,116 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Alabo Mastins of the APC who polled 1,552, the Collation Officer, Mbosowo Etukudo, announced on Saturday.

Following his defection to the PDP, APC approached court, praying that he be sacked.

While he won the case at the Federal High Court in Yenagoa, APC appealed the judgement and the Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt sacked him in...