Nigeria, July 30 -- The acting National Chairperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has said that the PDP is hopeful of winning the governorship and other elections in Akwa Ibom State in 2027 despite Governor Umo Eno's defection from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mr Damagum stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when a former member of the House of Representatives from Akwa Ibom, Onofiok Luke, and a former commissioner in the state, Ini Ememobong, visited him in his office.

The PDP National Youth Leader, Muhammed Suleiman, and the party's National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, were present during the visit.

Mr Ememobong, a former PDP publicity secretary in Akwa Ibom, refused to join others to d...