Ex-Taraba Governor Dies in US

Mr. Danbaba Suntai, the immediate past Governor of Taraba State, is dead.

The former governor died in the United States of America where he was receiving treatment from injuries sustain after a plane crash since 2015.

The former governor was seriously injured when his self-piloted plane crashed in Yola, Adamawa State on October 25, 2012. 

Since then he has been in and out of hospital. Even though he won the battle for survival, he battle hard to be fully restored to his pre-accident state. 

A former Commissioner of Information in the state, Mr. Emmanuel Bello, confirmed the death of the former governor in Abuja on Wednesday.

Bello, who served in the regime of Suntai, said the “former governor died in the United States.”