Taraba Group Demands Release Of Gov. Suntai’s Medical History

POLITICAL  pressure group, Taraba Justice Forum, has challenged the Acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar, to release the official medical report on Governor Danbaba Suntai to enable citizens know his true state of health and direction of governance.

The Forum accused Alhaji Umar of collaborating with the wife of the governor, Mrs. Hauwa Dababa, to deceive the public.

The group said it is disheartening that, after eight months of the air crash involving Suntai, neither the Acting Governor nor the State House of Assembly has come clean on his state of health.

It warned that it would not condone situation where the Governor is flown back to the State and hidden inside the Government House just to quell agitations of the people of Taraba.

In a statement released in Abuja, it stated: “This is eight months after. We are asking where is Danbaba? Where are official medical reports to prove his state of health? What is the State Assembly doing? What is the state executive Council doing? We want answers’’, the group said in a statement signed by its general secretary, Barrister Abulus John.

The group, which had issued a statement calling for application of section 189 of the Constitution, accused the acting governor of hiding under the guise of loyalty to deceive the public, adding “the public deserve to no especially as public fund is being spent on the governor.

“Why is Umar playing along with those trying to stop the State from moving forward? Why is he joining them in lying to the public? It is time for him to ask for the medical records and let the public know the truth so that we can progress”, the group said.

While commending the Acting governor for remaining loyal to his boss and benefactor, the group warned that history will not forgive the Acting Governor if he fails to do the right thing at this critical point.

“We call on Acting Governor Umar to show loyalty to both the governor and the State, which elected the governor. It is high time Mallam Umar dropped this toga of silence even when lies and deceit are spread around him on the state of health of his boss.”