Vice President, Kashim Shettima<\/strong>, has described the defection of Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as both \u201cpersonal and touching,\u201d adding that it reflects a broader realignment in the North-East geopolitical zone.<\/p>\n Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that Shettima made the remarks in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, during a grand reception on Saturday organised by the APC to welcome the governor into the ruling party.<\/p>\n The Vice President said Kefas\u2019 move was a source of pride for the party, noting that the APC now controls more states in the North-East.<\/p>\n He also expressed optimism that governors from Adamawa and Bauchi states, both under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would soon \u201creconsider their positions\u201d and align with the APC.<\/p>\n Declaring Governor Kefas as the APC leader in Taraba, Shettima urged party faithful to rally behind him.<\/p>\n Speaking at the event, Governor Kefas said his defection was not about political ambition, but about repositioning Taraba for growth.<\/p>\n He added that President Bola Tinubu\u2019s vision under the Renewed Hope agenda inspired his decision.<\/p>\n He assured citizens that his administration would remain focused on people-oriented governance and would deliver visible development projects across sectors.<\/p>\n In his remarks, APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, described the defection as a \u201cmasterstroke\u201d in the interest of the people.<\/p>\n Yilwatda also called on other PDP governors to reconsider their stance and join what he termed \u201cthe progressive movement.\u201d<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has described the defection of Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as both \u201cpersonal and touching,\u201d adding that it reflects a broader realignment in the North-East geopolitical zone. Abia Radio News reports that Shettima made the remarks in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, during a grand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":240072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[2145,287,393],"class_list":["post-240769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-agbu-kefas","tag-apc","tag-kashim-shettima"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kashim-Shettima.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Kefas Speaks On Defection<\/h2>\n