Agbu Kefas

Agbu Kefas (b. Wukari, Taraba State [then Gongola State]) is a Nigerian politician and **retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant Colonel** who has served as the **sitting Governor of Taraba State on the PDP platform since 29 May 2023**. He spent 21 years in military service before transitioning into public administration, holding posts including Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) from 2013 to 2015 under President Goodluck Jonathan. He holds an MSc in Legal Criminology and Security Psychology from the University of Ibadan, an MSc in Public Administration from Delta State University, and an Executive Education certificate from the Harvard Kennedy School. He became PDP State Chairman in Taraba in 2020 and won the March 2023 gubernatorial election, defeating rivals from the NNPP and APC. **No formal corruption allegation, EFCC/ICPC matter, or court-charge against him is recorded in the corpus or in well-known credible-press reporting**; the corpus's free-text reference to "public forums" allegations of electoral manipulation is unsourced and properly excluded under the credible-source rule. As sitting governor he enjoys Section 308 constitutional immunity. Recommend **`contextual`** archive status (sitting governor, no allegation on file); editor to monitor for any matter that may surface during or after his tenure.