What is the truth about an impeachment plot against the acting governor?
In the first place let me tell you the truth that there has been no reason for the acting governor to be impeached as the House of Assembly and the acting governor are on the same page in the so called Taraba state political crisis.
Taraba Governor Danbaba Danfulani Suntai yesterday in Abuja.
Taraba Governor Danbaba Danfulani Suntai yesterday in Abuja.
They have been working together, they have been following the truth in the Taraba political problem and there has been no disagreement whatsoever on the steps and process they have been taking in resolving the crisis.
Relations between the acting governor and the members of the state executive on one side and the House of Assembly on the other side are very cordial and that is why we in Taraba enjoy peace which everyone is witnessing today.
Having said that, I also want to rebuff the insinuation making the rounds that there was any time the House at all contemplated to impeach the acting governor Umar and his boss Governor Danbaba Suntai.
Interview with BBC
What the acting governor was explaining in his Hausa interview with BBC was simply the fact that those people who are agitating or the members of the cabal who all this while want to impose Danbaba on power despite the fact that he is not ready to take power, are the people who are now saying in their own assumption that Umar and Suntai constitute the problem of Taraba State and that the two of them should be impeached.
What is your reaction to the recent court decision restraining your boss and the House of Assembly from interfering with the office of governor?
The court did not stop my boss or the state House of Assembly on any issue, I have a copy of the judgment with me, the court said we should maintain the status quo. The court refused to stop the medical panel from sitting because the panel was not joined while Suntai earlier filed his case last year which means the medical team can do its work.
Sir what do you know about the personal relationship between your boss and Governor Suntai given the allegations that your boss is aiming to hijack power?
Since the outbreak of this political crisis my boss has not commented for once on Danbaba’s stewardship as governor of Taraba State, he never commented on the health status of his boss, he never told anybody whether the man is well or not. He visited him in US and I want to tell you also that the acting governor has been receiving constant brief on the health status of Danbaba.
But he considers it out of respect not to discuss it with anybody and he knows the health status of the governor more than the people that have been parading themselves as core Danbaba supporters.
I also want to tell the whole world that since the unfortunate accident of Suntai till date the state government has paid all the medical bills up till now. Never one day that the acting governor restrained himself from approving funds for his treatment and he is prepared to pay more despite all provocations.
All Danbaba travels including hiring of aircraft have been paid for by the state government, no single individual no matter how powerful has contributed money for the upkeep of Danbaba’s family.
He has refused to join issues with people who are lower than him politically in the state because politically in the state he is the highest person and that is why he has reframed from that.
If the acting governor were hungry for power by now he would have cleared the Government House of all the people who have been hanging around and causing problems in that place.
Sir if at all there are people behind the crisis, what do you think has made them to be doing this?
2015 general elections, 2015 is at the corner because they know that Taraba State is deeply controlled by government, that government is the only industry so they know that if they go into power they can manouvere where the governorship of Taraba will come from if you are not in government you will not be able to that.
So their desperation is to get the acting governor away so that whoever they want to succeed Danbaba will succeed. After 2015, this fight will die down they will all abandon Danbaba and run away and the acting governor will continue to care for him.
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