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Taraba State Governor Danbaba Suntai Tuesday added a legal dimension to his bid to resume his duties as he sued the Speaker and other members of the state House of Assembly.
The law suit by the governor coincided with the intervention of the Senator Hope Uzodinma-led Committee and the unanimous agreement reached by the committee and stakeholders in the state that the acting Governor of Taraba, Alhaji Garba Umar, should continue to run the state until Suntai is strong enough to resume duties.
Suntai had on August 26, 2013 transmitted a letter to the Speaker, notifying him of his return after a 10-month absence and his readiness to take over his office as governor and responsibilities thereof.
Dr. Alex Izinyon (SAN) is representing Suntai in the law suit which was filed in a Taraba State high court.
In a copy of the originating summons obtained by The Guardian, Izinyon argued that Suntai’s letter notifying the Speaker and the House of his return and intention to take over was not subject to their discretion to accept or reject.
He wants the court to declare that by virtue of Section 190 (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the first and second defendants cannot by a statement or debate, interfere with, do anything in connection with or in relation to the letter transmitted by the plaintiff to the first defendant pursuant to the said Section 190 (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
