semid4lyfe: President Goodluck Jonathan says the federal government has put arrangements in place to fly the governor of Taraba state Alhaji Danbaba Suntai abroad for treatment if it becomes necessary.

Doctor Jonathan was speaking to Muslim faithful who came to pay him the Sallah homage in the Presidential Villa. He said that the governor is stable and that he will first be brought to the National Hospital in Abuja for treatment before any other action will be taken.

The Governor escaped death on Thursday after a plane he was flying crashed in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

The governor, his aide-de-camp and chief security officer, who were also in the plane that took off from Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, and three others, were seriously injured.

Mr Suntai, who graduated as a pilot from the Aviation College in Zaria last year, was piloting the crashed plane. This would be the second time he is surviving a plane crash

The plane, a Cessna 208, 5N-BMJ, owned by the state government, crashed at about 7.45 pm, near the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Depot, on the outskirts of Yola.

The governor, who was brought in unconscious, was first taken to Yola Specialist Hospital for treatment, but was later, moved to the better-equipped Federal Medical Centre, Yola.

A statement from the Ministry of Aviation said the aircraft had six persons, including the crew on board when it crashed.

It said the aircraft departed Jalingo for Yola and reported contact with the Yola control tower, but shortly before it landed, the pilot lost contact with the control tower, while efforts to radio the aircraft failed.

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AFOLSNETWORKS: I said it

AFOLSNETWORKS: Why wont our political leaders get a hospital that can take care of them within the country?

This means that there is no Nigerian hospital that can take care of any critical issue!

How sad?

gulfer: Nobody is talking about the state of the others with him in the vehicle, are they less human. Can they give a casually or fatality figure? This sort of preferential treatment is un-welcomed.

gulfer: Nobody is talking about the state of the others with him in the vehicle, are they less human. Can they give a casually or fatality figure? This sort of preferential treatment is un-welcomed.

GARRI (x7):
Even the President doesn't trust our health care system....

GARRI (x7):
Even the President doesn't trust our health care system....

Fhemmmy:

Cos it costs a lot of money and will take away from their loot bags
Also, how would they be able to take some money out of the nation if they are just being treated within the nation . . . Sad Indeed.

misreal: Curruption in nigeria is found evwiwer.how can he be treated in nigeria wen we all know dat 85% of nigerian medical student paid to get admitted.wen even de mods on nairaland sometimes bans indiscriminately.wen sunai himself due to curuption was nt well trained to fly a plane.abeg mke una free de man mke him receive treatment wherever him want.

Super1759: so this will require a national budget and a committee