The wife of brain-impaired Governor Danbaba Suntai today
admitted that her husband was physically unfit to resume official duties
as the chief executive of Taraba State.
Mrs. Suntai made the admission when a PDP fact-finding committee led
by Senator Hope Uzodinma visited the ailing governor today. The Acting
Governor of Taraba, Umar Garba, as well as the Speaker of the Taraba
State House of Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa, accompanied Mr. Uzodinma. Mrs.
Suntai as well as Senator Emmanuel Bwatcha were also present at the
meeting.
Two sources told SaharaReporters that the meeting with Mr. Suntai
lasted only 10 minutes. One source disclosed that the state’s Acting
Governor had to introduce himself to the ailing governor, as Mr. Suntai
failed to recognize him.
After exchanging pleasantries, the team met with Mr. Suntai’s wife as photojournalists were briefly ushered in to take photos.
Our sources revealed that Mrs. Suntai then confessed to members of
the Uzodinma committee and an enlarged body of stakeholders that her
husband was unfit to run the affairs of the state. “She told the group
that the governor was only brought back home [from an American hospital
where he was being treated] because he was homesick,” one of our sources
stated. The ailing governor’s wife then suggested that Mr. Suntai would
be taken out of the country in less than a month in order to undergo
additional rehab.
The Uzodinma-led stakeholders’ meeting was the culmination of a
series of meetings the Acting Governor had held during his recent trip
to Abuja.
A stakeholders meeting attended by “political elders,” members of the
Taraba State Assembly as well as members of the Taraba State contingent
at the National Assembly in Abuja had resolved that the acting governor
should continue running the affairs of the state. However, the
stakeholders asked the acting governor to consult with Mr. Suntai or his
close associates on crucial issues.
According to a member of the Taraba legislature, “This was the best
political solution we could come up with. Instead of overheating the
state, we decided to have a situation where the acting governor shares
power with those that represent the interests of Governor Danbaba
Suntai.”
Mr. Uzodinma and his team have since left Taraba State for Abuja
where they are expected to brief members of the old PDP as well as
officials at the Nigerian Presidency.
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