Governor Suntai Arrives Jalingo

Abuja (PSN) Gov. Danbaba Suntai of Taraba on Sunday arrived in Nigeria after 10 months of medical treatment abroad after being involved in a plane crash on Oct. 25, 2012.

Suntai arrived at the old wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, aided to alight from the aircraft at about 1.10 p.m. and immediately proceeded to Jalingo.

Suntai landed at the Jalingo Airport at about 3:40p.m. He was conveyed in a chattered white airplane marked 5N-12Y.

As the plane conveying the governor landed, his wife, Hajiya Suntai first entered the plane apparently to greet her husband.
Suntai’s deputy, Alhaji Garba Umar, who has been holding the fort also went in to the plane and greeted his boss. He came out.

Suntai then alight from the plane –assisted by his wife into a red Range Rover –Sports HSC. The car had no registration number.

Suntai waved at the people briefly. His body looked healthy but weak and tired.

The governor was clad in a navy black suit with a blue strip shirt, without a tire on.

He did not speak to the crowd; either he spoke to journalists there. But reporters were allowed to cover him even at close range amid the tight security.

The governor was conveyed in the red Range Rover –Sports HSC straight to the Government House, Jalingo.

The glasses were wind down and he waved –with his hand inside the car, at the mammoth crowd.

Suntai did not talk to newsmen but one of his associates, John Dara, said that the governor was mentally alert as against speculations that he had lost his memory.

``We were excited to see him and it is understandable that after the long trip, he was weak and tired.

``But, we were thrilled by the fact that he recognised everyone by name which shows that he is mentally alert and lucid,’’ Dara said.

He noted that the governor's mental alertness indicated that he was capable of taking over the affairs of the state.

We are Happy...welcome back His Excellency.