Suntai’s Wife Admits He Is Unfit To Run Taraba

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.