Hauwa Danbaba Suntai, the wife of Danbaba Suntai, the brain-damaged
governor of Taraba State, on Saturday moved his personal belongings out
of Government House night as it appears her husband, who is currently
hospitalized in Germany, may be returned to Nigeria quietly to settle
into an unusual life of continued therapy to enable him to function.
The governor, who was injured last year in a plane crash near the
International airport in Yola, has failed to make the rapid recovery she
and his aides touted which would have enabled him return to office.
The Acting Governor, Garba Umar, on the other hand, is quietly making
plans for a full take-over, which would include firing commissioners and
aides who served Mr. Suntai.
A source knowledgeable about goings-on in the State told
SaharaReporters that the Acting Governor will start working on fully
assuming the governorship as soon as all the structures have been put in
place.
Already, the House of Assembly has begun making preparations to
declare Mr. Suntai constitutionally incapacitated. Of related interest
is that Emmanuel Bello, a megaphone for Suntai who was the arrowhead of
the propaganda that the ailing governor had "dramatically recovered" and
would return to office, is facing a probe in the House relating to
fraud in the procurement of materials for flood victims in the State.
Mr. Bello is the Commissioner for Information.
SaharaReporters sources stated that some 15 brand new vehicles
belonging to Mr. Suntai have been moved to Yola. Other personal effects
have also been taken to his home, which is near the Government House in
Jalingo.
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