A deplorable hide-and-seek game played out at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja as the ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State was kept away from the states acting governor as he was smuggled out of the airport. The whole game, orchestrated by a cabal close to the severely brain injured governor, was part of a design to throw off reporters who had been waiting to meet Mr. Suntai on his arrival from the UK where he had been receiving additional medical treatment. > Reporters were initially shut out of Mr. Danjumas house, but were later allowed in to take photographs and a short video of Mr. Suntai. They were, however, not allowed to ask any questions of Mr. Suntai, with the promise that the governor would be granting them interviews during the week. > When some of the reports greeted the governor, he replied in a very weary voice, I am coming from Abuja. As if addressing a child, the SSG asked the governor to wave at the reporters, which Mr. Suntai did... Friends and associates of the governor as well as reporters had gathered at the local wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport as early as 6:00 p.m. based on information that his plane from the UK would touch down there at 8:00 p.m. Among those waiting to receive the ailing governor were members of the House of Representatives from Taraba State and the Secretary to the Taraba State Government, Gidion Kataps. But the reporters were soon tipped off that the Minister of State for the Niger Delta, Dahiru Ishiaku, was spotted at the international wing of the airport waiting to receive Mr. Suntai. Consequently, some of the reporters rushed to the international wing where they met the minister, Jolly Nyame, a former governor of Taraba State Governor, a senior Air Force officer, and Mr. Suntais lawyer huddled in a conversation. Suddenly, the acting Governor of Taraba State, Umar Garba, arrived at the international airport. Without looking at the huddled officials, Mr. Garba headed toward the VIP lounge, expecting to meet Mr. Suntai. To his surprise, there was nobody at the lounge. As the acting governor waited, Sahara Reporters saw a Mercedes Benz car with a customized number 4 and a Toyota Land Cruiser driving out of the tarmac of the international wing, joining the convoy of the Minister of State for the Niger Delta. The convoy zoomed off in high speed to the home of ex-General Theophilus Danjuma in the Asokoro area of Abuja. The convoys commando-style exit at top speed was apparently meant to make it impossible for the acting governors convoy to catch up with them. Retired General Danjuma, a former Minister of Defense in the Olusegun Obasanjo administration who has made a huge fortune from his crude oil business, has been named as the major financier of the cabal.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:13:01 +0000