Nigeria, March 20 -- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State has described as "embarrassing and manifestly premature" for people in the state to start talking about who should succeed Governor Udom Emmanuel in 2023.

Mr Emmanuel of the PDP won re-election in the just concluded election, defeating his main opponent, Nsima Ekere of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

No sooner had the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Mr Emmanuel winner of the election, than some excited PDP members and supporters in the state hurried to Facebook to congratulate him and also bare their minds on which geopolitical area should produce Mr Emmanuel's successor in 2023.

The governorship of Akwa Ibom traditionally rotates...