Families of the injured aides of Taraba State Governor Dambaba Suntai,
on Sunday, asked the government to extend same overseas treatment to
their loved ones as their injured boss. The governor and the aides were
the occupants of the Cessna 208, 5N-BMJ Jet that crashed at the Yola
airport last Thursday.
Some members of the families who craved anonymity told journalists in
Abuja that if the governor could be flown to Germany, it showed that the
government lacked confidence in the local hospitals.
They spoke their minds when the injured aides were transferred from Yola
to the National Hospital, Abuja, 30 hours after Suntai was flown
abroad. Click to continue.
“Considering the degree of injuries, I think they should be transferred
overseas. After all what is good for the governor will still be good for
his aides. They were in the same aircraft with the governor and I think
they should be given the same treatment like him,” one of them said.
Our correspondent learnt in Abuja on Sunday that Suntai’s Aide de Camp,
Dasat Iliya, had been lying unconscious at the Yola hospital since the
incident that also left the governor in critical condition.
But the governor who had been airlifted to the National Hospital on
Friday was early on Saturday flown to Germany for treatment while the
injured aides were brought to the National Hospital on Sunday.
The Chief Detail to the Governor, Joel Dan, was also said to be having a
fractured arm while the governor’s Chief Security Officer, Timo
Dangana, reportedly had his two legs damaged.
Both Dan and Dangana had been reportedly taken to Jalingo, Taraba State
Capital for treatment before they were transferred to Abuja Sunday
night.
The governor’s aides were brought to the National Hospital in a convoy of siren-blaring ambulances at 6.40pm on Sunday.
Source: Punch Newspaper
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