TARABA STATE IN FOCUS ... THEATRE OF THE ABSURD Pt 2 : Governor Suntai's Stage Managed Swearing In Of New Cabinet Members In Jalingo On Video ... SaharaReporters

The bizarre spectacle of power grab by brain damaged governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai continued today in Jalingo as cabal led by his wife and a Nigerian senator Emmanuel Bwatcha. The event was a swearing in for new cabinet members for the governor. The event happened at the dining room of Mr. Suntai at the Governor's Lodge in Jalingo. Suntai forcefully read a few minutes of speech broadcast on state TV. However, he was unstable and unclear. After the swearing in the speaker of the state assembly walked in to see Suntai but the ailing governor did not recognize him and others but the video was edited to look as though the speaker's delegation was part of the swearing in ceremony. Members of the cabal, propping up the ailing Governor to grab power, are lsited as Sylvanus Giwa, Senator Emanuel Bwatcha, Haruna Manu, of the the house of reprsentatives, state PDP chairman, Victor bala, Aminu Jika, who was sworn in as the new chief of staffand the new Secreatry to the state government, GT Kataps.