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Former Taraba Governor Suntai Dies

Former Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State, north-east Nigeria, has been reported dead. He was 55.

Suntai, as the pilot of a helicopter owned by his state, was involved in a crash in 2012. Two or three of his crew members died but Suntai received brain and other injuries. He never fully recovered and was sentenced to a wheel chair.

A commissioner in his administration, Mr Emmanuel Bello, confirmed that Suntai died Wednesday morning at his home.

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