The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Friday, claimed that some people wanted to take advantage of the failing health of governor Dambaba Suntai of Taraba State to take over government of the state by proxy.
Speaking with newsmen in Abuja, National Chairman of the ruling party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, said the PDP would not allow governance by proxy in the state.
According to him, “ You know politics is full of interests and intrigues.“Maybe those who want to rule the state, having realised the feeble condition, which our governor, Suntai is, want to take over governance by proxy. We don’t do that. We are going there. We are going to resolve the problem.”
Suntai and the acting governor, Garba Umar, had been at loggerheads since the former returned home from a 10-month medical treatment overseas.
It would be recalled that the Suntai had on Wednesday, through a statement dissolved the state executive, but the acting governor ordered the Commissioners to discard his directive.
Reacting to the development, Tukur promised to visit Taraba in no distant time to resolve the impasse.
He said, “If not for this convention (the mini-convention), I would have been in Taraba. Immediately after the convention, we are going to Taraba. It would be resolved.”
“We will continuously monitor him because we are the ones who gave him ticket.
The PDP legislators, governors or the President are having the PDP tickets,” Tukur added.
Meanwhile, the 16 members of the state Assembly have advised the Governor to go back to the United States for further treatment. The directive has continued to generate controversies in the state.
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