Lt. Col. Agbu Kefas (retd) who won the Taraba State governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been issued the certificate of return at the PDP headquarters in Abuja.
Col. Kefas, a former chairman of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) board, and retired military officer in company of many of his supporters, received the certificate on Tuesday.
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Kefas, addressing the media afterwards, dedicated his victory at the primaries to God.
“It was a pure divine mandate and we are assured our supporters of victory at the general election come 2023,” he said.
Until his emergence at the PDP governorship flagbearer, Kefas was the Taraba PDP chairman.
He polled 443 votes to clinch the party’s ticket from the 517 votes cast.
The first runner up was the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Prof. Joseph Kunini who polled 31 votes followed by Prof. Jerome Nyame with 24 votes.
Sen. Joel Ikenya polled 11 votes while Hilkia Buba-Joda has 6 votes.
Chairman of the electoral committee, Kabir Bappa Jauro also said two votes were invalid.
Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku who witnessed the election, commended the delegates for their peaceful conduct.
While saying the will of God has prevailed, he urged the PDP to work as one family.
