Group Wants Governor Suntai Impeached

There is fresh trouble for ailing Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai who returned to the country at the weekend. A group, Taraba Justice Forum, led by Mr. John Ambulus, has called for the commencement of impeachment process against the governor.

Addressing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, the forum alleged that the ailing governor's return was stage-managed and demanded a comprehensive enquiry into his medical condition by the state House of Assembly in line with the constitution.
The forum further submitted that the medical incapacity of the governor could no longer be hidden even as it called on President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene as a matter of urgent national importance.

"The president now has a sacred duty to intervene in this matter. The commander-in-chief should not allow this matter to degenerate. There is the need for intervention as this is ridiculing the ruling party and the presidency," the forum stated.

The group recalled that it had for several months called the attention of the nation to the governor's poor state of health and called for the invocation of Section 189 of the constitution.

"Now, the truth is out of the bag. After 10 months of treatment, the result is what the whole world saw yesterday. With the way the governor was smuggled in, it is clear, he is not medically fit in all consideration of the phrase.

"The issue is not just that the man cannot walk; the truth is that his brain coordination motor is not working and so the man cannot function even when assisted. The medical crisis was so clearly displayed as the governor cannot even address the media and the people of the state.

"We are vindicated and we hereby use this occasion to call on the state House of Assembly to ask the governor to come and address it and if he fails to do so, the law makers should start removal process in line with the constitution. The Assembly must rise to the occasion to save the governor from further embarrassment," the group stated.