He drove out of Government House Jalingo to go fishing. The hunting ground was his fish pond located nearby the School of Nursing at Jalingo Bye-pass in their state capital.
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Suntai, wearing a gray sports suit, was followed by members of his family, security agents, friends, aides and newsmen. One of them were his wife, Hauwa; their twin children, his younger brother Babangida Suntai; Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media and Publicity, Mr. Sylvanus Giwa, and Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa.
His over one hour expedition, however, yielded no catch. The governor jokingly said the fish cheated on him.
“Kifin sun chuche ni, dun sun liga su chi abichi,” he said in Hausa, meaning: “the fish cheated on me since they're already fed.”On arrival at the pond, Suntai asked the farm manager to offer him the fish feeds, which he threw into the pond for the fish showing up. The farm manager also brought him a hook and line and an earthworm which he used as bait. The fish refused to select the bait, sending the small audience into laughter.
Hauwa intermittently teased her husband about his inability to make a catch.
At a place, Hauwa herself almost fell into the pond after slipping at the edge of the pond.
Now it was the turn of the governor to tease her. He explained:
The governor's failed effort made one of the security men laugh with Suntai telling him to return home if he could not be quiet.“If you fall into the water I'll fish you out.”
Hauwa reminded him that the species of fish for the reason that pond were brought from Indonesia once the governor travelled with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Suntai left the pond with a guarantee to return in several days, this time to catch as most of the fish as possible. There have been jubilations on the streets of Jalingo and other towns in their state once the video clip of the governor's fishing expedition was aired on local television.“Noise scares fish,” he said.
The governor's health appeared to have improved significantly as he entered the red Range Rover Sports HSC, which conveyed him to the fish farm unaided. This is on the other hand to last August when he was aided to disembark from the plane that conveyed him from the USA to Abuja.
That scene sparked a flurry of political machinations in their state about his continued stay static in office.
The political class was sharply divided on the situation with one faction saying he was unfit to keep to rule their state while another insisted he was able.
A bargain was later reached allowing Deputy Governor Garba Umar to keep to act as governor until Suntai was medically fit to resume work
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