SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
Taraba State Governor Danbaba Sunatai
A former Minister of Water Resources, Dr. Salome Jankada, has urged all sides in the Taraba State crisis to avoid plunging the state into political chaos.
She also solicited for support for the acting Governor, Alhaji Umar Garba, to enable him to pilot the affairs of the state pending the full recovery of Governor Danbaba Suntai.
Jankada told journalists in Jalingo on Thursday, that rather than continue to cause disunity among the “peace loving people” of the state, all hands must be on the deck so that Umar would effectively run the state.
She cautioned those beating war drums in the state to desist as their action could further worsen the plight of the “ordinary Taraban.”
She expressed worry over comments credited to Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, stressing that such were not the reflection of the people of Southern Taraba, who according to her, are in support of the decision that Umar should continue as the state’s acting governor.
She said that information available to her showed that contrary to speculations that members of the aggrieved parties were not allowed access to the Executive Chamber where a stakeholders meeting took place, Jankada said “all parties were represented.”
The former minister said she was reliably informed that the wife of the governor, Hauwa, and his younger brother, Babangida, were in attendance.
She said, “As mothers, we cannot sit down in our homes with our hands folded while things are going down the drain.”
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