Taraba Speaker misinterpreting the constitution – Commissioner

The crisis over Taraba Governor Danbaba Danfulani Suntai’s resumption of work continued across the state on Wednesday. 

The state Commissioner for Justice, Barr. G.T Kataps, on Wednesday accused the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa, of misinterpreting the constitution.

“Misinterpreting the law, as the Taraba Speaker is doing is capable of causing discord to our people who may not have access to the constitution and may not know the correct position of the law,” he said.

Kataps said that Suntai has indeed returned to work.

He briefed reporters in his office, State Secretariat, Jalingo –the state capital shortly before the cabinet was dissolved by Governor Suntai.

The Speaker on Tuesday disagreed with the House Majority Leader Hon. Joseph Albasu over Suntai’s purported resumption of work.

Suntai was injured when a plane he piloted crashed near Yola, Adamawa State, on October 25, last year.

He returned to Jalingo on Sunday after a 10-month stay in German and American hospitals.

On Monday, he transmitted a letter to the House of Assembly, informing the lawmakers of his readiness to begin work. But while the House Majority Leader and other members of the House proclaimed Suntai as physically and mentally fit to govern, the Speaker, who thought otherwise, insisted that Suntai must appear on the floor of the House and speak to them.

The governor’s return has divided the House of Assembly and the entire state.