The emergence of a former Chairperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the new leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State was not the product of an open contest, but the outcome of weeks of closed-door negotiations, political trade-offs and elite consensus, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. At the APC state congress held in Jalingo late Tuesday, Abubakar Bawa, until recently the PDP chairperson in the state, was announced as APC chairperson alongside other members of the State Working Committee (SWC). No voting took place. Multiple party sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the congress merely ratified decisions taken by the leaders following a series of consultations that began shortly after Governor Agbu Kefas defected from the PDP to the APC. From opposition to ruling p...