A former Governor of Taraba State, Mr. Danbaba Suntai, is dead.

The former governor, whose helicopter crashed on October 25, 2012, died in the United States of America.

A former Commissioner of Information in the state, Mr. Emmanuel Bello, confirmed the death of the former governor in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday.

Bello, who served in the regime of Suntai, said the “former governor died in the United States.”