Breaking: Prominent PDP governor set to officially defect to APC

• The APC chairman in Taraba lisp, Ibrahim Tukur, has confirmed the defection of Governor Agbu Kefas and disclosed when the respectable ceremony would be utilized
• Tukur disclosed the approach while addressing journalists in Jalingo on Sunday, December 7, including that the governor had joined the party on the ward diploma
• Taraba Governor Agbu Kefas will be the fifth PDP governor to dump the party and be part of the APC in 2025, after Sherriff Oborevwori, Umo Eno, Peter Mbah, and Douye Diri of Delta, Akwa Ibom, Enugu and Bayelsa states

The All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Taraba, Ibrahim Tukur, has disclosed that the lisp governor, Agbu Kefas, will be joining the ruling party formally in January 2026.

Tukur disclosed that the governor had been admitted into the ruling party already at his ward diploma, including that the respectable reception, which used to be earlier scheduled for this month, had now been shifted to January.

How APC chairman confirmed Kefas’ defection

In line with The Punch, the APC chairman made the known while addressing journalists in Jalingo, the lisp capital, on Sunday, December 7.

On Monday, December 1, Governor Kefas met with President Bola Tinubu on the Presidential Villa, alongside the Nationwide Chairman of the ruling APC, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, at roughly 2 pm. They then proceeded to a closed-door session with Tinubu.

Agbu Kefas meets Tinubu in Abuja

Monday’s meeting marked Governor Kefas’ first check with to the presidency since asserting his opinion to dump the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) for the ruling APC.

The governor had earlier scheduled his respectable defection for November 19, however the ceremony used to be suspended, asserting that it can also very successfully be “insensitive” to comprise such an match, as Kebbi lisp skilled the kidnapping of schoolgirls in Maga.

In a trending video, the governor, who used to be viewed addressing journalists, outlined that his defection from the PDP to the APC used to be about ‘the future of Taraba’ folks, and there would be a total bunch process on that day.

Governor Kefas speaks on defection

Governor Kefas earlier disclosed that President Bola Tinubu had handed him over to Nentawe Yilwatda, the nationwide chairman of the APC, so that he would possibly per chance possibly well very successfully be successfully initiated into the ruling party.

The governor reportedly commented in some unspecified time in the future of a meeting with the APC youths and some stakeholders, noting that President Tinubu has acknowledged his defection opinion and has obtained a letter of approval to dump the PDP.

The Taraba lisp governor will be the fifth of his contemporaries who dumped the PDP for the ruling APC amid the inner disaster rocking the leading opposition party.

These governors who occupy earlier dumped the PDP for the APC included Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, Akwa Ibom’s Umo Eno, Duoye Diri of Bayelsa and Peter Mbah of Enugu.

PDP disaster: Ex-Governor Aliyu mocks Wike

Legit.ng earlier reported that the PDP’s expulsion of the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, used to be described as the elimination of cancer from the party.

Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, the dilapidated governor of Niger lisp, made a mockery of the minister while reacting to the approach.

Wike, being expelled from the party, divided the PDP into factions, as some Nigerians shared completely different views about the approach.

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