Ex-Governor Abandoned By Associates, Suffers Stroke
Suntai who has been keeping up with his medical appointments in the United States of America (U.S.A) before now has also been abandoned by his close associates due to his illness.
The medical bills of Suntai were being handled by the former governor of the state, Alhaji Garba Umar, who was Suntai’s deputy, but the present governor of the state, Darius Ishaku, has been unable to meet up with the payments.
Splendour Magazine however gathered that the medical bills will now be taken care of by the governor of Adamawa state, Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow.
Coordinator of the Taraba Peoples Assembly Martins Andekin in an article titled ‘Let’s pray for Governor Danbaba Suntai’ lamented that those who got political favours from Suntai has abandoned him, as his health deteriorates daily.
The article reads in parts: “The plot to blackmail and remove Alhaji Garba Umar from the governance of Taraba State started almost immediately after the ill-fated air accident which incapacitated former Governor Danbaba Suntai.
“The presumed associates of Danbaba Suntai saw Alhaji Garba Umar as an impostor who had come from nowhere to reap from their political labour. It was his major sin.
Suntai was a victim of political squabbles as some of his associates brought him back to Nigeria for their own selfish reasons just to spite former governor, Umar. This move ended up aggravating his illness.
Umar was severally accused of usurping his principal’s power, but he wasn’t deterred by the allegations as he continued footing Suntai’s health bills.
If Suntai had stayed in hospital for a minimum period of two and half years as his American doctors had initially recommended, by now he would have fully recovered. But, the power mongers would have none of it, and now his health has continued to spiral downwards due to constant movements against medical advice.
On his path, Alhaji Garba Umar had kept faith with his boss. He provided enough for his family including full financial support to his children schooling abroad; despite several attempts to instigate hatred and insults against him.
Suntai, who has openly admitted that he is ill and needs help, suffered serious injuries when a helicopter he was flying crashed near Yola, the Adamawa State capital in October 2012.
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