Taraba State political crisis has entered another phase with Hajia
Hauwa, the wife of Governor Danbaba Suntai, called on members of the
State House of Assembly not to impeach her ailing husband.
This
development followed the commencement of signatures collecting by the
legislators for the impeachment of the governor, as the legislators
understood Mr. Danbaba is not fit enough to resume duty, despite being
treated in hospitals for about 10 months.
The legislators began
the impeachment move on August 28, 2013, after the governor announced
the dissolution of the state cabinet through his Senior Special
Assistant on Media, Sylvanus Giwa.
According to sources, earlier
today Hauwa got wind of the impeachment move and quickly arranged for
the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa, and a few
other legislators to visit the governor.
It should also be noted
that Hauwa did not allow the Speaker or the Acting Governor, Garba
Umar, to have audience with Governor Suntai since he was brought back to
Nigeria on August 25, 2013, Sunday.
However, Hauwa’s
intervention has small chances to succeed, as, reportedly, most of the
legislators have already signed the impeachment notice.
What
really angered the legislators was the allegedly stage-managed video of
Suntai’s purported broadcast to the people of the state.
Taraba
residents were also annoyed, said there was nothing like a live
broadcast by the ailing governor as reported by a section of the media,
adding that it was a stage-managed recorded tape that the state owned
television station broadcast on August 28, 2013.
According to
sources, the swearing in of the new Secretary to the State Government,
SSG, Timothy Kataps, was also stage-managed as none of the documents
pertaining to his swearing in was signed by the Commissioner for Oaths.
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