Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- The Governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas, has suspended his scheduled defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) indefinitely.

Mr Kefas, who was set to be received by the APC national leadership on Wednesday, cited the "deeply troubling" abduction of 25 schoolgirls in Kebbi State as the reason for the postponement.

In a personally signed statement issued on Tuesday, the governor stated that proceeding with a political jamboree while families in Kebbi mourned would be "insensitive" and "morally wrong."

The governor's stance is a departure from the mood in the country's political landscape earlier in the week.

"As a father, as a leader, and as a governor whose administrat...