Aformer Nigerian Governor has died, InsightnaijaTV has gathered.
Commodore Ibrahim Kefas (Rtd), who served as Military Administrator of Delta State during the military regime of General Sani Abacha is dead.
Kefas, who also served as Military Administrator of Cross River State died on Friday as Nigeria marks her 61st anniversary of independence.
During the military regime of General Sani Abacha, Kefas served as military administrator of Cross River State in Nigeria from December 1993 to September 1994, then of Delta State until August 1996.
Kefas 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 by the age of thirteen hoping he would become a preacher.
Ibrahim Kefas, being the youngest student in Bible College at the time, completed his program before most but had other plans.
He was fascinated by planes and wanted to fly them so he joined the Nigerian Defence Academy and became a pilot before he was 20 years old.
In March 2002, as Taraba State Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kefas and other PDP politicians were attacked by over 200 youths who invaded a PDP rally and narrowly escaped death.
Kefas was nominated as National Democratic Party (NDP) candidate for Governor in the 2007 elections in Taraba State.
In 2007, Kefas ran for governor of Taraba State under the National Democratic Party, but the People’s Democratic Party’s candidate, Danbaba Suntai, won.
