The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), in Taraba State, Barrister G.T. Katabs, has disclosed that the online video which showed the ailing Governor, Danbaba Suntai saying he was unfit to return to office as governor of the state was fake and scandalous. The governor, in a video interview circulated in the social media lamented his drinking habit which he described as ‘unfortunate.’
 
Katabs, yesterday in a statement entitled “Fake Video Statement Credited to His Excellency, Governor Danbaba Danfulani Suntai”, said apart from the comical nature of the report, the unprofessionalism of the media was profoundly saddening.

“Moreso, many of the medium did not even bother to cross -check facts and seek a balance – a cardinal cornerstone of journalism,” Katabs said.

He added that most of the papers that reported that Governor Suntai had admitted not fit to resume work did not get their story from their correspondents in the state capital, Jalingo, saying that their source was a video shown by a pressure group in Lagos to a collection of ‘top Editors’, an action he described as dubious.


Katabs wondered if Lagos-based Editors did not notice the super imposition of voices on a video put together by ‘desperate politicians.’