Fidelis Kaigama has denied influencing the Taraba State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku to sign an illegally altered gazette of the Jukun-Jibu Kona chiefdom. Kaigama also denied hoodwinking the King of Jukun-Jibu Kona, Augustine Njenmang Vengkani II, to endorse a letter requesting Governor Darius to sign the altered gazette. SaharaReporters on February 2, 2023 reported that Ishaku was accused of signing an illegally altered gazette to remove ruling houses and replace same with the house of his friend, Fidelis Kaigama.