Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, on Monday met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the Presidential Villa, Abuja—his first go to to the State Home since defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Kefas arrived on the Villa round 2 pm within the firm of the APC nationwide chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and proceeded straight right into a closed-door assembly with the President, our correspondent noticed.
The assembly comes barely two weeks after the governor formally dumped the PDP, a transfer that triggered important political shifts in Taraba and deepened the ruling get together’s push to consolidate its presence within the North-East and the Center Belt forward of 2027.
Kefas had earlier been scheduled to attend a proper APC welcome ceremony on November 19 however suspended the occasion, describing it as “insensitive” at a time the nation was grieving following the kidnapping of schoolgirls in Maga, Kebbi State.
The governor’s defection additional reduces the rank of PDP governors. Earlier than Kefas’ defection, governors Sherif Oborevwori (Delta); Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom); Peter Mbah (Enugu) and Senator Douye Diri (Bayelsa) had dumped PDP for APC this yr.
There are additionally claims that the Plateau State governor, Caleb Muftwang may additionally defect to the APC.
