Taraba Governor Agbu Kefas Holds First Meeting With President Tinubu Since Joining APC

Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas is holding a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Kefas arrived at the State House around 2 pm on Monday, accompanied by APC National Chairman Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and entered into a closed-door session with the President, a correspondent reported.

This is Kefas’ first visit to the Presidency since he switched allegiance from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He had initially planned an APC welcome on November 19 but postponed it, describing the event as “insensitive” following the abduction of schoolgirls in Maga, Kebbi State.

The governor’s defection comes amid broader political shifts in Taraba, with the state House Speaker and 15 lawmakers leaving the PDP for the APC, citing the need to “align with the centre” and dissatisfaction with the opposition party’s internal crises.

Nationally, the APC has been reaching out to opposition figures ahead of the 2027 elections, with officials suggesting more high-profile defections from PDP strongholds in the North and Middle Belt.

Kefas, a retired Nigerian Army lieutenant colonel and former chairman of the board of NIMASA, won the March 2023 governorship election on the PDP platform. He hails from Wukari and previously served as Taraba PDP chairman before becoming the party’s governorship candidate.