Preceded by Clement Ebri Succeeded by Gregory Agboneni Role Politician | Name Ibrahim Kefas Preceded by Bassey Asuquo | |
Born 27 January 1948 (age 76)
Wukari, Taraba State ( 1948-01-27 ) | ||
Air Commodore (retired) Ibrahim Kefas served as Military Administrator of Cross River State in Nigeria between December 1993 and September 1994, and then of Delta State until August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
As a Group Captain, Kefas was appointed governor of Delta State on 26 September 1994. While governor of Delta State, he 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.
In March 2002, as Taraba State Chairman of People's Democratic Party, 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. The winner was the PDP candidate, Danbaba Suntai.