"I don't know what I've done to warrant impeachment"- Umar
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The drama going on the Taraba State government has evolved into different shapes for weeks now. Beginning with impeachment of the acting Governor to impeachment of the Governor. It would be recalled that a medical panel set up to probe the health status of Governor Danbaba Suntai who was involved in a plane crash was stopped by the court due to an existing court case.
The acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar bared his mind on the development to BBC. In his words “I don’t even know what offence I committed that would warrant my impeachment,” adding: “It is 22 months now that I have been acting as the governor. I have never thought of anything like impeachment. I have been obedient to my boss, yet people will always say he is coming back to take over power. That is why we are trying to ascertain his health condition and then inform the world.” But the drama promises to last longer.
For the medical panel to reach a conclusion on the state of Suntai’s health, they must examine him. For them to examine him, they must have access to him. As I talk to you, nobody in the panel knows the whereabouts of Suntai,” a commissioner told TheCable, asking not to be named for political reasons. They actually know the whereabouts of Suntai ─ he is in Abuja, nestling at the home of former army chief, Gen. TY Danjuma, who is also from Taraba state. Danjuma is determined to frustrate the plan to impeach the governor. “Will the panel break into Danjuma’s fortified house to examine Suntai? No way,” a former aide to the governor told TheCable, while also expressing disappointment with Kente’s plan of double impeachment. Incidentally, Kente may also end up hunted as Umar is also said to be moving against him in the house. The acting governor is planning a fight back and is already in discussion with some of the Taraba lawmakers to checkmate Kente. Expect more drama in Taraba in the weeks ahead.
Source: The Cable
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