Nigeria, Nov. 26 -- A former presidential adviser, Ita Enang, says he will not contest the 2027 governorship nomination against Governor Umo Eno, citing what he described as an "understanding and agreement" at the national level of the All Progressives Congress (APC) guaranteeing automatic return tickets for defecting governors.

Mr Enang, who previously battled for the APC governorship nomination in 2023 all the way to the Supreme Court, said he was stepping aside because the party had resolved that Mr Eno, who joined the APC in June, should receive the governorship ticket uncontested.

"I will not contest the governorship ticket against Governor Eno. I would rather support him and President Bola Tinubu," he told PREMIUM TIMES in an inte...