Danbaba Suntai's brother dies few hours after his burial

Former governor of Taraba state, Late Danbaba Suntai's younger brother, Babangida Suntai, has reportedly passed away.

Babangida Suntai reporedly died on Saturday, August 19th in the evening in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city few hours after the burial of his late elder brother and former Governor of Taraba State, Pharmacist Danbaba Danfulani Suntai, who died June 28 after the plane he piloted crashed in Adamawa state.

A family source, said the younger Suntai was rushed to Abuja last week for treatment but was officially declared dead by the doctors yesterday evening.

The development is coming barely two months after his late elder brother and former governor under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) passed away in a hospice in Orlando, Florida, United States where he was undergoing rehabilitation for brain injuries arising from the 2012 plane crash he had.

Mr. Suntai who survived an air crash at the Yola Airport in Adamawa State in 2012, was buried on Saturday, August 19.