Nigeria, April 30 -- It is becoming more glaring that Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State may dump Nigeria's main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the ruling All Progressives Party (APC).

He has begun preparing his supporters' minds for the move.

There have been widespread rumours that Mr Eno will join the APC after he publicly endorsed President Bola Tinubu and Senate President Godswill Akpabio for a second term.

The PDP has been enmeshed in a leadership and legal tussle that has torn the party apart. Some of its members, particularly in the National Assembly, have pointed to the crisis as a justification for their defection to the APC.

The latest high-profile defection is Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State...