Nine months after a close shave with death, indications emerged, yesterday, that injured Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai, was set to return to Jalingo, the state capital.
Vanguard gathered from highly-placed family sources that Suntai, who had since been relocated from Germany to Washington for medical attention, following an air crash last October, had recovered considerably and could be released by his doctors any moment from now.
“We are very delighted by the level of recovery recorded by the governor and we can confirm that he will soon be back in Jalingo, a member of the Suntai family, told Vanguard in Abuja.
It was learnt that in preparation for the governor’s ‘triumphant return’ to the state, top government officials had paid for a special aircraft to bring back the governor to Nigeria. The amount for the chartered flight, which the source declined to say, had already been paid for by Taraba State government.
Special aircraft to fly Suntai paid for
Vanguard also learnt that three senior aides of the governor, including the Chief Security Officer, Chief Detail and Orderly, had already gone to the United States to accompany the injured governor back to Nigeria.
As part of the preparations for the governor’s arrival, spirited efforts are being made by top officials of the administration to give Government House, Jalingo, and the governor’s country home at Suntai a facelift.
It was also gathered that many cultural groups in the state were also rehearsing with a view to putting up carnival-like performances to herald the arrival of the governor.
“I can confirm to you that Governor Suntai is returning to the state in a matter of weeks, having been confirmed fit to return to work by his minders in the U.S,” an aide of the governor told Vanguard.
3 aides in US to return with Suntai
Competent sources indicated that the governor’s wife and children would first return to Nigeria before Suntai would follow.
Govt House, Governor’s country home wear new look
Last week, loyalists of the governor successfully thwarted moves by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to probe the health status of the injured governor, who was reported to be in serious condition, by obtaining an injunction restraining the Hope Uzodima-led panel from proceeding with the assignment.
The panel’s assignment was to, among others, “fast-track the process of constitutional adherence as it affects the current status of the Office of the Governor of Taraba State”.
The plaintiffs, who approached the court to stop the panel, alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and panel set up by the party, lacked the power to do what a court of competent jurisdiction should do.
Suntai with some of his aides were involved in the air crash during a solo flight by the governor in October last year. Since then, he has been receiving medical attention in Germany and the United States of America.
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