I’m not plotting to remove Suntai, Umar tells PDP
Acting Governor of Taraba State, Garba Umar, has denied alleged plot to use the state House of Assembly to remove the ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai.
Umar made the clarification on Thursday during a visit to the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the party’s Wadata Plaza national secretariat.
The acting governor, who was received by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), said the political tension, which has been rising in the state, was the handiwork of a power bloc, whose intent was to cause crisis using the return of Suntai as a pedestal.
According to him, the governor has been recovering from his ill-health occasioned by the air crash but added that instead of allowing the governor take adequate treatment, the power bloc have been bringing him back to the country with a view to restoring him to office.
He alleged that the power bloc want Suntai to have underground control of the state knowing fully well that the recuperating governor can’t oppose them.
The current upheaval over the move to probe the real health situation of the governor was needless as, according to him, the committee set up by the House of Assembly to ascertain the health condition of the governor was merely to determine his immediate readiness to resume duty and not to move for his total removal from office as being speculated.
“The state of affairs in our state has generally been stable since the intervention, as His Excellency Governor Suntai, continue to receive medical care within and outside the country. As can be clearly seen over this period, the medical condition of Governor Suntai is improving. And we are waiting for the doctors to certify him to be fit to resume his duties.
“As you must have by far noticed, we have once again stepped into a tensed situation occasioned by the second return of His Excellency, Governor Danbaba Suntai, from treatment abroad.
“The insistence by a powerful bloc on the state that I hand over to my boss even among professional advice is at the centre of the current impasse.
“This has forced the State Executive Council to request the State House of Assembly to set up a medical panel to verify the state of health of our beloved governor. I’ve heard people say the motive behind the setting up of the panel is to remove the governor. This is not true. It is merely intended to determine if I can hand over to him or not”.
Umar made the clarification on Thursday during a visit to the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the party’s Wadata Plaza national secretariat.
The acting governor, who was received by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), said the political tension, which has been rising in the state, was the handiwork of a power bloc, whose intent was to cause crisis using the return of Suntai as a pedestal.
According to him, the governor has been recovering from his ill-health occasioned by the air crash but added that instead of allowing the governor take adequate treatment, the power bloc have been bringing him back to the country with a view to restoring him to office.
He alleged that the power bloc want Suntai to have underground control of the state knowing fully well that the recuperating governor can’t oppose them.
The current upheaval over the move to probe the real health situation of the governor was needless as, according to him, the committee set up by the House of Assembly to ascertain the health condition of the governor was merely to determine his immediate readiness to resume duty and not to move for his total removal from office as being speculated.
“The state of affairs in our state has generally been stable since the intervention, as His Excellency Governor Suntai, continue to receive medical care within and outside the country. As can be clearly seen over this period, the medical condition of Governor Suntai is improving. And we are waiting for the doctors to certify him to be fit to resume his duties.
“As you must have by far noticed, we have once again stepped into a tensed situation occasioned by the second return of His Excellency, Governor Danbaba Suntai, from treatment abroad.
“The insistence by a powerful bloc on the state that I hand over to my boss even among professional advice is at the centre of the current impasse.
“This has forced the State Executive Council to request the State House of Assembly to set up a medical panel to verify the state of health of our beloved governor. I’ve heard people say the motive behind the setting up of the panel is to remove the governor. This is not true. It is merely intended to determine if I can hand over to him or not”.
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