KEFIANO'S TSUNAMI RAVAGES GREEN CAP MOVEMENT, GOV. MUTFWANG WAILS AND RAISES FALSE ALARM OF IMPOSITION USING STOOGEES

Despite deploying every despotic tactic in his arsenal to stifle the Plateau First Movement of Chief Kefas Wungak Ropshik, popularly known as Kefiano, Governor Caleb Mutfwang has failed woefully. In his latest desperation, the Governor has resorted to sponsoring a faceless, confused and chicken-hearted group of stooges who parade themselves as Plateau Progressive Ambassadors, PPA, to raise a false alarm that external forces and unnamed Plateau elders are plotting to impose Kefiano as governor in 2027.

What has become a trademark of Governor Mutfwang is that at the slightest sign of failure, he discombobulates, and once he sees the handwriting of defeat on the wall, he relegates his position and plays second fiddle. It was the same administration that once dismissed the APC as a robust opposition, even while it was the ruling party at the centre. The sponsorship of the faceless PPA to divert public attention was nothing but a paralysing punch that shattered his political anatomy, following the crushing defeat he suffered yesterday at the Appellate Court in the hands of sacked workers. That defeat remains his Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin, knowing fully well that he will soon face the wrath of those workers, their families, friends and well-wishers at the polls.

It is indeed comic that the same government that recently engaged crack journalists to claim that Kefiano's fate hangs in the balance has now made a volte-face to accept that he is the authentic PDP governorship candidate who is about to be imposed. Governor Mutfwang is clearly confused. He stopped Kefiano from pasting posters in the state capital, yet the Kefiano acceptance tsunami rages on across Plateau. He sponsored falsehood that Kefiano will not be on the ballot, but the movement burns more fiercely than ever, and now the new lie is imposition. One is forced to ask, what next Mr. Governor?

How can a man who claims to be a performer and an achiever be scared of imposition? Who is more powerful than a true achiever? Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State won his second term despite the gang-up by APC governors and federal might because he performed. Former Governor Nyesom Wike boasts of delivering the FCT because of his performance as Minister. Why then is this Plateau achiever who claims to be working and uniting Plateau crying wolf that the same elders he claimed to have united are plotting against him? Is he admitting that Plateau elders hate achievers? Who are these elders? The PPA has only succeeded in exposing that all claims of sound leadership and unity by Mutfwang are a mere hoax. If he cannot secure Plateau with N23.69 billion in six months, money enough to recover grabbed lands and resettle IDPs to their ancestral homes, then he is totally incapacitated.

It is laughable to claim that Mutfwang is uniting Plateau when he cannot even unite his own party. He has fractioned and fractured the APC in the worst order. The state Chairman, Rufus Bature, is a mere figurehead, while the secretary and other members of the legacy group have been reduced to onlookers. He favoured his Green Cap Movement over the legacy group even in presidential campaign flag-offs in Nasarawa and Kaduna. The APC is on the brink of total explosion in the hands of a polariser. The PPA itself knows it is lying, which is why it cannot mention the name of its chairman or secretary. As the scripture says, the righteous are as bold as a lion. If they are truthful, let them unveil themselves. Who will harm them when they have government on their side? 

Signed:

Kefiano Media Team

23rd October, 2026

Uproar at FULAFIA Over Promotion, Appointment of Staff on Secondment as Deputy Director of CAND

By Our Correspondent, Abuja

Tension is mounting at the Federal University of Lafia (FULAFIA) over the alleged promotion and appointment of a staff member said to be on secondment to the Nasarawa State Government as Deputy Director of the Centre for Autism and Neurodegenerative Disorders (CAND).

The controversy follows the recent establishment of six CAND centres in selected universities, including FULAFIA, by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa.

The centres, which are expected to attract huge funding, have raised expectations among staff. However, some staff members allege that the leadership of the FULAFIA centre has been hijacked.

According to a Special Bulletin published by the university on October 18, 2026, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mohammed Ishaq Kida, approved the appointment of several academic and administrative officers. They include Prof. Nasirudeen M. Baba as Director, Centre for Security Studies; Prof. Sunday Abraham Musa as Director, CAND; and Dr. Andrew Yakubu as Deputy Director, CAND.

The appointment of Dr. Yakubu has, however, sparked outrage, as he is reportedly yet to resume from his secondment.

Sources in the university said extant regulations prohibit a staff member on secondment from being considered for promotion or appointment to an administrative position until he formally disengages from the secondment and returns to the university.

A member of staff who spoke on condition of anonymity alleged that the Dean, Faculty of Education, misled management by claiming that Dr. Yakubu had disengaged from the state government.

The source claimed that a similar move was made last year to secure promotion for the same staff while he was still on secondment.

Narrating the sequence of events, another source said Dr. Yakubu had in early September 2026 rejected final year students assigned to him for project supervision, insisting that he was still on secondment and that his secondment would mature in February 2027. The students were subsequently re-assigned to other lecturers.

The source further alleged that in October 2025, the staff claimed to have resumed from secondment to secure promotion, while still retaining his political appointment with the state government.

A source in the Human Resources Unit of the Establishment Directorate alleged that funds exchanged hands before the said promotion was effected, nearly two months after other qualified staff were promoted in 2025.

It was further gathered that while the appointment was announced on October 18, 2026, management issued a letter on Monday, October 19, 2026, requesting Dr. Yakubu to provide evidence of disengagement from the Nasarawa State Government.

Some staff have called for an independent verification of his salary earnings from both the university and the state government.

When contacted, a staff member who declined to be named for fear of victimisation accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), FULAFIA branch, of keeping silent over the matter.

According to him, many lecturers are afraid to petition the union, which they described as a lame duck and an appendage of management.

Efforts to get official reactions from the university management and the ASUU branch chairman were unsuccessful as of press time.

Meanwhile, concerned staff have appealed to the Minister of Education, the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Governing Council of the university to intervene and reverse the appointment to prevent a precedent where staff on political appointments continue to enjoy promotion and administrative positions while on secondment.

They warned that such a trend would demoralise dedicated staff and affect students.