Go Back To Hospital, You Are Unfit ––Assembly Orders Suntai

The political power play going on in Taraba State took a different

turn on Thursday as the House of Assembly sat for the first time

since the return of Governor Danbaba Suntai and took far

reaching decisions that have already increased the tension in the

state.

Nikky Amebo blog (NAB) gathered that the Assembly passed a resolution,

signed by 16 members out of 24 members of the House, directing

Governor Suntai to vacate office and return to hospital

immediately.

The Taraba State House of Assembly also reaffirmed the deputy

governor, Alhaji Garba Umar as the Acting Governor of the state,

insisting that no one (Suntai's wife) will rule the state from the

back door.

In a statement, the lawmakers said the decision was taken in the

interest of the state:

“ The leadership of the assembly made several efforts to see the

governor since his arrival, but till Wednesday they were not

allowed access to him . [On Wednesday] the ailing governor spoke

in a manner that brought more doubt to his letter purportedly

transmitted to the speaker.

“In view of the above, we, the undersigned members of the state

assembly unanimously resolved at our meeting that the Deputy

Governor, upon whom power was earlier transmitted to by the

state Assembly, still remain the acting Governor of Taraba.

“He will continue to act in that regards until such a time the

governor is capable of administering the state.”

The Speaker of the House was the presiding officer, so there

was no mago-mago!