Nigeria, March 6 -- Idorenyin Umana, a former media officer in the 2023 governorship campaign council of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Mr Umana and other former members of the YPP were received at the Government House in Uyo by Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State.

An aide of the governor, Aniekeme Finbarr, posted pictures of the reception on Facebook.

Their defection came less than two months after the YPP governorship candidate, Bassey Albert, led other YPP leaders in the state to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mr Umana, a media influencer and grassroots politician, has been Mr Albert's ally for over a decade.

Before contesting the 2023 gove...