APC To Receive Governor Kefas January 31

All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed Saturday, January 31, 2026, for the official reception of Taraba State governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, into the party.

Governor Kefas, who defected to the APC, had earlier paid visits to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the party’s national chairman, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwat, at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja.

The governor, subsequently convened an expanded joint meeting of APC and PDP stakeholders, the first ever at the TY Danjuma House in Jalingo, where who is who in PDP and APC were in attendance.

The defection ceremony is scheduled to hold at the Jolly Nyame Stadium in Jalingo and is expected to attract party loyalists from across the state’s 16 local government areas.

Governor Kefas will be formally received by Vice President Shettima and the APC National Chairman, alongside members of the Taraba State House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Chairmen of the 16 local government councils and their councillors, members of the State Executive Council, political appointees, and notable defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

LEADERSHIP Friday gathered that, members of the National Assembly from Taraba State are also expected to join the mass movement into the APC.

Dignitaries expected at the event include Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, governors elected on the platform of the APC, members of the National Assembly, and members of the party’s National, Zonal and State Working Committees.

The ceremony had earlier been postponed twice due to prevailing security challenges in parts of the country.

Confirming the development, the APC State Director of Publicity, Mr. Aeron Atimas, said the event would mark a major turning point for the party in Taraba State.

According to him, the ceremony will feature a large number of defectors involving councillors, local government chairmen, members of the State House of Assembly and National Assembly members from the state.

Atimas noted that the expected presence of top national leaders of the party underscored the strategic importance of Taraba State, adding that the development signaled a new phase of political alignment and governance in the state.