Nse Bassey Ekpenyong | |
Office: | Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria |
Party: | People's Democratic Party |
Birth Place: | Oron, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Occupation: | Legislature |
Profession: | Politician |
Nse Bassey Ekpenyong (1964 – 23 April 2022)[1] was a Nigerian politician and member of the Nigerian National Assembly. Nse represented Oron, Mbo, Okobo, Urueoffong Oruku and Udung-Uko in the Federal House of Representatives.[2] [3] [4]
Nse Bassey Ekpenyong attended St. Vincent Secondary School, Oti-Obor where he obtained his WASSCE and Abia State Polytechnic where he obtained his National Diploma in 2011.
Nse Ekpenyong was a one-term Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly member and the former state Deputy Chairman of PDP Akwa Ibom.
Nse Ekpenyong was arrested for allegedly forging his school certificates which he presented to INEC before commencement of elections.[5] [6] [7] [8] The interrogation, which took place in the capital of Rivers State Port Harcourt, for his connection to a N20 million electoral scam.[9]