Nigeria, March 23 -- Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has said that being a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) does not mean he has to insult President Bola Tinubu who is of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mr Eno stated this on Friday when he received in Uyo many members of other political parties, including the APC, who defected to the PDP in the state, according to a statement by the governor's spokesperson, Ekerete Udoh.

Among those received into the PDP by the governor was a chieftain of the APC and a former House of Representatives member, Emmanuel Ukoette; a former spokesperson of the APC in Akwa Ibom, Nkereuwem Enyongekere; a former commissioner for Science and Technology in the state, Samuel E...