Taraba Assembly To Declare Deputy Governor Incapacitated

Taraba State House of Assembly is reported to have concluded arrangements, including medical reports, to declare the ailing state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Aminu Alkari, incapacitated over his prolonged illness.

It was learnt that the governor might pick the incumbent deputy speaker and member representing Bali 1 at the Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon. Hamman Adama Abdulahi, to succeed Alkari.

LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the order paper of the House of Assembly, which is slated to sit on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, has a communication from Governor Agbu Kefas to the house to declare the deputy governor incapacitated.

But the special adviser, media and digital communication, Hon. Emmanuel Bello, debunked the development, saying nothing of such is to happen.

“No one nominated anyone to be Deputy Governor to Dr Agbu Kefas! Disregard any fake news,” Bello stated.

However, our correspondent further gathered that the governor has since set up a medical team to examine the deputy governor’s prolonged ill health. The medical report is handed to the assembly before the commencement of the declaration.

“We resolve to take the member representing Bali 1, Hon. Hamman Adama Abdulahi to the governor this afternoon, as a show of solidarity and also to give the governor confidence that we are working on the same path. The deputy governor has been sick, it is in the public knowledge that the governor has tried to revive him to normal health over time.”

LEADERSHIP reports that the deputy governor, Aminu Alkari, has been seeking treatment since November 2024. Alkari was first taken to Abuja for medications, he further travelled to Saudi Arabia and later came back home in Jalingo, Taraba state capital, without being healed.