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.
“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.
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