By, Isa Mohammed PhD The long-awaited and official defection of Governor Dr Agbu Kefas of Taraba State took place on Saturday, 31st January 2026, at the famous Jolly Nyame Stadium, Jalingo The reception ceremony was very colourful and historically based on the personalities that attended the programme. The political atmosphere in Nigeria is taking shape with alliances, coalitions, and defections of political actors, particularly governors. The pattern of the defections indicated that the All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling party under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has introduced a new political strategy of winning the 2027 elections before the ballots. Why is this happening? This is a question of Nigeria's political culture and elite politics guided by self-preservation and political expediency rather than national or ideological politics. I intend to unpack three things in this short piece. First, the new grand political strategy of Gov ...