The acting governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar,
has declared that his boss, Govenor Danbaba Suntai, has gone missing.Governor
Umar stated in an interview on Monday, that he had not set his eyes on Governor
Suntai ever since he came back from the UK some weeks ago.Taraba Governor
Danbaba Danfulani Suntai yesterday in Abuja.He narrated how he tried to connect
with his boss as soon as he got back but all efforts to meet with him were
abortive.Umar said: “Few of my aides and I were already at the domestic wing of
the airport to receive my boss but, unknowingly to me, the cabal was already
waiting at the international wing of the airport where the plane conveying my
boss was directed to land. When I got to know that the plane landed at the
international wing, I rushed to the place to receive him, but he was in a jeep
which immediately drove him to T.Y. Danjuma’s lodge.”Umar also insisted that
his missing boss is a self-centered mechanism employed by some cabal to hold on
to power by holding him hostage.He assured the people that his administration
will continue to uphold the values of democracy and ensure that the citizens
enjoy its dividends.He called on citizens of state to eschew religious
differences and work towards unity in the state.“I thank God that this year’s Sallah
was peaceful; peace has returned to some of the crisis areas in the state. I
have also constituted a reconciliation committee to ensure that those who fled
their homes because of crisis return,” he said.He assured people of the state
that his administration would continue to work to ensure that everyone enjoys
the dividend of democracy.However, a former commissioner for information in the
state, Mr. Emmanuel Bello, told reporters that Suntai was not missing.He
explained that governor Suntai was doing well and would soon return to the
state to continue his business of governance.“Since our dear governor returned
from his medical trip, he has been at the Governor’s Lodge, otherwise called
T.Y. Danjuma House, located at Asokoro in Abuja,” Bello said.He stressed that
the acting governor, was only waiting for this tenure to elapse, and that after
the expiration of Suntai’s administration that brought him as deputy governor,
he would pack his luggage out of Government House.
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