Ailing Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Danfulani Suntai, on Tuesday said he will soon return to the country.
“I am coming back with happiness very soon,” he said in press release.
The press release was signed by the Commissioner of Information, Mr. Emmanuel Bello and posted to our medium from Hannover, Germany, where Suntai is being treated.
This is the first time the governor is sending a message to Nigerians, particularly to people of Taraba since he was flown abroad in October last year.
According to the release, Suntai sent the message during an interactive session with some top-level guests who visited him in the physiotherapy facility of the German hospital.
He was said to have commended the leadership of the state Assembly for being “resilient and patriotic.”
Those who visited the governor in Germany on Tuesday include: Jalingo Council Chairman, Hassan Bappa, Bello, the Hakimi of Garba Chede, Alhaji Hashimu Kaigama and a Senior Assistant to the Governor, Mallam Aminu Babale, among others.
It was gathered last night that Suntai also spoke on phone with key citizens of the state, among which include: Speaker Istifanus Haruna Gbana, member representing Karim-Lamido I, Hon. Charles Maijankai, Commissioner for Education Mr. Yakubu Agbaizo and former NSA, General Aliyu Gusau.
“In all the conversations, Suntai was expressing gratitude for the concern shown him in this moment of trial”, added the release.
Bello flew to Germany on Sunday at the prompting of Acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar.
The purpose of the visit, Umar said, was to abreast Taraba people on the current state of health of the governor.
The Information Commission is to arrange a tele-conference between Suntai and the media on Wednesday, if the medical handlers give the go-ahead.
The acting governor who returned from Germany a few weeks ago said Suntai was “stable”.
“I am going to organise a tele-conference where my boss will personally talk to the media. I will even give you the phone to personally talk to him (Suntai), if you so wish”, Umar told curious reporters upon his return from Germany.
