Breaking: Top PDP Governor Meets Tinubu Behind Closed-Door, Details Emerge
- President Bola Tinubu has met with Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba state at the presidential villa in Abuja on Monday, December 1
- The Taraba governor had recently announced his plan to dump the PDP for the APC amid the internal crisis rocking the leading opposition party
- Governor Kefas was spotted at the presidential villa along with the APC national chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda
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Agbu Kefas, the governor of Taraba State, met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday, December 1.
The Taraba State governor had arrived at the presidential villa alongside the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, at about 2 pm. They then proceed to a closed-door session with Tinubu.
Source: Twitter
Agbu Kefas meets Tinubu in Abuja
Monday's meeting would be the first Governor Kefas' visit to the presidency since he announced his plan to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling APC.
The governor had earlier scheduled his official defection for November 19, but the ceremony was suspended, saying that it could be "insensitive" to hold such an event, as Kebbi state experienced the abduction of schoolgirls in Maga.
In a trending video, the governor, who was seen addressing journalists, explained that his defection from the PDP to the APC was about 'the destiny of Taraba' people, and there would be lots of activity on that day.
Governor Kefas speaks on defection
Governor Kefas earlier disclosed that President Bola Tinubu had handed him over to Nentawe Yilwatda, the national chairman of the APC, so that he could be properly initiated into the ruling party.
The governor reportedly commented during a meeting with the APC youths and some stakeholders, noting that President Tinubu has acknowledged his defection plan and has received a letter of approval to dump the PDP.
The Taraba state governor would be the fourth of his contemporaries who dumped the PDP for the ruling APC amid the internal crisis rocking the leading opposition party.
Violence at the PDP secretariat
Violence broke out at the PDP national headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, November 18, as rival factions clashed during an escalating leadership crisis. Police fire teargas to disperse supporters after tensions rise sharply outside Wadata Plaza. Officers deployed to the scene push back crowds as the confrontation intensifies.
Recall that the party recently announced the expulsion of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike. The PDP suspended Wike, along with the former governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, and the former national secretary of the party, Samuel Anyanwu.
However, the expulsion of Wike and others has been rejected by some PDP governors. These included Governor Ahmadu Fintiri and Caleb Mutfwang of Adamawa and Plateau states.
PDP crisis: Ex-Governor Aliyu mocks Wike
Legit.ng earlier reported that the PDP's expulsion of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has been described as the removal of cancer from the party.
Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu, the former governor of Niger state, made a mockery of the minister while reacting to the development.
Wike, being expelled from the party, has divided the PDP into factions, as some Nigerians are also sharing different views about the development.
Source: Legit.ng
