Embattled Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai has said that those heating up the polity over his ailing health condition because of their personal interests have all been forgiven.
Suntai said this in New York while speaking with a Leadership reporter on Sunday evening during a reception organised by Ambassador Kennedy F. Apoe, a former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations, to celebrate the Governor’s 52nd birthday at his private residence in Staten Island, New York.
Below is the conversation between Governor Danbaba Suntai and the correspondent:
Your Excellency, how are you sir?
Suntai: I am fine (Smiles). I am very fine.
Good, sir can you recollect the incident that brought you to the United States?
Suntai: Yes, a crash. They said i was involved in a plane crash but i do not want to talk about it now because the memory takes me back. The doctors advised that I should not be made to remember the incident, but I am fine now.
Okay sir. So how do you feel today, having your family members and some aides around you for your birthday celebration?
Suntai: I am happy that I am alive to witness today. I thank all of them for their supports….(paused)
It was learnt that the bed ridden Governor personally requested that a Worship Song titled: ‘Mighty To Save, and Everyone Needs Forgiveness’ which was sang by a Christian group called ‘Hillsong’, be played for him.
Dailypost gathered that after listening and singing the song along with her daughters, Mariam, Edigwa and Zainab, for about eight minutes, Suntai said that he loved the song because it always reminds him that he must always forgive all his offenders just as God does forgive him of all his sins too.
Suntai opened up that he had forgiven all his offenders including those he said had been heating up Taraba state just because of their selfish interests.
When asked of what he missed most since he has been away from his territory, Suntai said that he missed many things but specifically mentioned the celebration he always holds with his community people in his home town every Christmas period.
Shortly after this, the Governor demanded that some food be brought for him and Mrs Mabel Apoe, wife of the host and organizer of the indoor celebration which lasted for about three hours.
It was observed that four different telephone calls, out of which, was a call from the former Deputy Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Honorable Abel Diah, were transferred to Governor Suntai by his wife who earlier picked the calls shortly after the cutting of the cake.
Also speaking, he Governor’s wife, Hajia Hauwa Suntai, said that her husband’s case was truly a living testimony, adding that it was only the intervention of God that brought the Governor back to life. “I am quite happy and excited, and I thank God for everything” She added.
She said: “As you can see, we are all over him and everybody here present is happy with him. I do not really care about all the negative reports that some journalists have been writing about my husband and you can see it for yourself now that he is really doing well. You can even see that he has improved more than the last time you came to visit him at home”
She dismissed the recent report that Suntai should be taken home because his health was deteriorating, clarifying that there was nothing of such.
Taraba first lady said: “It was so shocking, and it created missed feelings and emotions for her because i never thought he could survive it. It was very tough but we thank God that he survived it at the end of the day”
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