APC Reschedules Governor Kefas’ Official Defection to January 2026

The Taraba State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ibrahim Tukur, has confirmed that Governor Agbu Kefas will officially join the party in January 2026.

The governor had postponed his defection, originally scheduled for 19 November, due to the kidnap of students in Kebbi State.

Speaking at a press conference in Jalingo, the state capital, the chairman of the party said it had taken bold steps to suspend some ward executives for violating the party’s constitution, and urged all aggrieved members to exhaust internal dispute resolution mechanisms before approaching any court.

The chairman, who spoke on behalf of the state working committee of the party, also reversed the suspension of Taraba Assembly member Abel Peter of Mbamga Constituency, who had been suspended by his ward executives for alleged anti-party activities.

He further stated that the claim by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to take over Taraba State was “a day dream and a joke taken too far,” insisting that the APC had already taken over Taraba Government House and was not willing to back down.