By Saidu Adamu, Jalingo
Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, has officially registered as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Kefas was registered by the APC Hospital Ward, Wukari executive , at the Government House in Jalingo, the state capital.
He formal registration as a member of APC onn Sunday, effectively sealed his exit from the PDP.
Speaking after his registration and the presentation of his membership card, the governor said that though he had earlier announced the suspension of his official defection ceremony, originally slated for November 19, in solidarity with abducted schoolgirls, he had decided to take the necessary step to enable him to fully take charge of party activities in the state.
“I have already written to the party at the ward level, and today’s exercise is a necessary step to fulfil the basic requirements.
“You will recall that I earlier suspended my official reception into the party following the abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State.
‘Even if the official ceremony had been held, this registration is one of the necessary things we must do.
“I want to thank my ward party executives and the representatives of the state working committee of the party who are here,” the governor said.

Fidelis Francis, the State Secretary of the APC supervised the process of the governor’s official registration as a party member.
He said the party was glad to welcome the governor into its fold, assuring that the State Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi and other executives of the party are ready to give him all the required support and cooperation to turn around the fortunes of APC in Taraba.
Umaru Tanko, the Ward Chairman of the party at the Governor’s Hospital Ward in Wukari, Wukari Local Government Area of the state later handed the registration card to the governor.
(vitalnewsngr.com)















