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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