Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, has announced he will officially leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) this Wednesday.
This move represents another significant setback for the opposition PDP, which has recently lost four other serving governors to the ruling party.
Governor Kefas confirmed his decision over the weekend while assessing renovation progress at the Jolly Nyame Stadium in Jalingo.
He stated, “I will officially transition from the PDP to the APC on November 19. This movement is about the destiny and future of the people of Taraba.”
When questioned if his defection was based on specific political conditions, Kefas asserted that the choice was unconditional and “guided solely by what we believe is best for Taraba State.”
The defection highlights the PDP’s escalating internal divisions, weakened national structure, and its struggle to retain major figures amidst the APC’s expanding influence.
In a show of solidarity, the state’s Commissioner for Science and Technology, Muslim Aruwa, declared that all political appointees and allies would follow the governor to the APC.
“The governor is our leader. Wherever he goes, we go with him,” Aruwa said, explaining that joining the APC-led federal government is a strategic move to fast-track infrastructure and economic development in the state.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
