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The Digest:

Governor Kefas Agbu has announced his departure from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This transition, framed as a matter of public destiny, signals a profound shift for a state once firmly rooted in one party.

Key Points:
  • Governor Kefas will formally defect to the ruling APC on November 19.
  • He announced the move to journalists, citing the "destiny of the Taraba people."
  • This ends the PDP's uninterrupted governance of Taraba State since 1999.
  • Kefas was elected as a PDP candidate, defeating APC and NNPP rivals in 2023.
  • He becomes the latest PDP governor to join a wave of defections to the APC.
  • Other defecting governors include those from Akwa Ibom, Delta, and Enugu.
  • The event is expected to draw "a lot of visitors," signaling a major political gathering.
This defection severs a 25-year political lineage, questioning what roots remain when the foundation itself shifts. It is a storm that tests the very ground of political allegiance.

Sources: The Cable