Former Delta State Governor Is Dead

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GIOTV reports that a former Military Administrator of Delta State, Air Commodore Ibrahim Kefas (retd.), is dead.

It was gathered that the former Military Administrator died in Abuja in the early hours of Friday, October 1, 2021, at the age of 73.

Kefas, who hails from Wukari, Taraba State, served as Military Administrator of Delta State during the regime of General Sani Abacha. He also served as Military Administrator of Cross River State from December 1993 to September 1994, and then of Delta State until August 1996.

While as Administrator of Delta State, Kefas sacked professor Frank Mene Adedemiswanye Ukoli, Vice-Chancellor of Delta State University for political reasons, an incident recorded in Ukoli’s book: A State University is Born: Throes of Birth, Ordeals of Growth.

He was born into a Christian family on January 27, 1948 in Wukari, Taraba State.

He is the oldest of many children born to Christian missionary Atewunu Angyu Kefas (Manu).

His father, Manu, was one of the missionaries to introduce Christianity to the region.

Being a very devout Christian, he put Ibrahim Kefas in Bible College at the age of 13, hoping he would become a preacher.

Ibrahim Kefas, being the youngest student in Bible College at time, completed his program before most but had other plans.

He, however, joined the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and became a pilot before he was 20 years old following his fascination to fly airplanes.

In March 2002, as Taraba State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kefas narrowly escaped death as he and other PDP politicians were attacked by over 200 youths who invaded a PDP rally.

In 2007, Kefas contested for governor of Taraba State under the National Democratic Party (NDP), but the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Danbaba Suntai, won the election.