Aspirant Scores Gov Kefas Low On Performance

A frontline governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, Chief David Sabo Kente, has blasted the administration of Governor Agbu Kefas and warned that, any attempt to impose a candidate on the people without genuine consensus, could potentially tear the party apart.

Kente gave the warning in Wukari at a reception after submitting his nomination form and scaling through the screening by the APC governorship screening committee.

The aspirant said he joined the contest after the pressure from the people became overwhelming and he could not keep turning them down.

“As you are aware, we all came together irrespective of our political affiliations to elect Dr Agbu Kefas as governor in 2023 with the hope that, as a vibrant gentleman, he would work to provide the needed development and deliver dividends of democracy to the teeming masses of the state.

“However, it is more than three years today that Governor Agbu Kefas administration has been on the saddle of leadership of the State, but you would all agree with me that those years were just a colossal waste without any tangible projects to show for them.

“Despite the hundreds of billions of naira that accrued to the state during the period under review, the governor has continued to deceive the people of Taraba with lies and empty promises.

“You will also agree with me that, because of misgovernance and the disenchantment with the present administration, well-meaning Tarabans including APC critical stakeholders have mounted pressure on me to come forward and contest the gubernatorial election of 2027 to save the State from total collapse.

“This pressure has continued to resonate until a few weeks ago when the stakeholders and leaders of thought from the 16 local governments of the State converged on Wukari and resolved to use their personal resources to obtain the interest and nomination forms for me to come to rescue Taraba in the forthcoming general elections.”

He said, after the Wukari meeting, he had embarked on wider consultations with major stakeholders of Taraba State and had come up with the final decision to respond to their clarion call.

“I have therefore resolved to enter the race to rescue Taraba come 2027. As an apostle of zoning, I therefore, resolve to serve for four years to complete Dr Kefas’s remaining term if elected, and thereafter return power to either the Northern or Central Senatorial Districts.

“It is surprising that just yesterday, Governor Kefas hurriedly made some funny appointments of about 200 special advisers, including some of our supporters.

“Please, be aware that the appointments are not in good faith but are intended to be used for the forthcoming primary elections and to dump them later. Please shine your eyes.”

He called on the people of Taraba to support the second term bid of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, because according to him, it will enable the President to consolidate on the Federal Government’s ongoing projects, especially the multi-billion naira Ibi Bridge in Ibi local government area of Taraba State.

“We are indeed on a rescue mission, and it is a project that all patriotic Tarabans must join hands and participate in,” he said.