Five years after he was involved in a
helicopter crash which he flew with some of
his aides on October 25, 2012, ex-governor
Danbaba Suntai of Taraba died today
Wednesday June 28 in United States of
America.
NAIJ.com gathered that as people of the
state are planning to receive the remains of
the former governor Suntai, below is a
timeline of what transpired since the
October 25 date he had the plane crash to
his return to Nigeria.
October 25, 2012
Governor Danbaba Suntai was involved in a
plane crash. The plane, a Cessna 208, 5N-
BMJ, crashed at about 7.45 p.m. He was
piloting the plane, which crashed near the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
NNPC, depot in Yola, the Adamawa State
capital.
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He was taken to Yola Specialist Hospital for
treatment, but was later moved to the
better-equipped Federal Medical Centre, Yola.
Facts about Danbaba Suntai, plane crash,
return to Nigeria and death
October 26, 2012
He was flown from Yola to Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja, in an air
ambulance at about 12.25pm, from where
he was taken to the National Hospital, Abuja.
The injured governor was flown in air an
ambulance to Germany from Abuja.
The governor was moved out of the
National Hospital, Abuja, where he was
receiving treatment at about 3:30 p.m.
President Goodluck Jonathan visited the
governor at the National Hospital, where he
said Suntai was in stable condition.
November 14, 2012
The Taraba State House of Assembly invoked
Section 190(2) of the Nigerian Constitution
empowering the state’s Deputy Governor,
Garba Umar, to act as governor.
December 13, 2012
Wife of Taraba governor, Hauwa Suntai was
delivered of twin babies in a German
hospital while tendering to her sick
husband.
January 1, 2013
Pictures of ailing Taraba Governor, Danbaba
Suntai, emerged on social media with his
new babies
March 23, 2013
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Taraba
Specialist Hospital, Prof. Zakari Aliyu,
disclosed that the governor had been
moved to the John Hopkins University in the
United States.
June 17, 2013
Suntai was discharged from the John
Hopkins Hospital in Maryland State, three
months after he was brought to the
hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as a result
of the injuries he sustained during the
October 2012 plane crash that involved him
and some of his aides in Adamawa State.
July 23, 2013
The security aide to Governor Danbaba
Suntai of Taraba State, Iliya Dasat, who was
involved in the October 25, 2012 air crash
alongside his principal in Yola, Adamawa
State, returned to the country after being
discharged from a German hospital.
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August 3, 2013
Members of the PDP Fact-finding Committee
on the Taraba State Political Situation paid
solidarity visit to Gov. Danbaba Suntai in
New York, U.S.
August 21, 2013
Suntai’s wife, Hauwa, hinted of the ex-
governor’s return to the state after 10
months after spending 10 months abroad
on medical attention.
June 28, 2017
Suntai was announced dead in a United
States of America hospital. https://www.naij.com/1112330-facts-danbaba-suntai-plane-crash-return-nigeria-death.html