Fresh update:''Gov. Suntai is not brain dead'' - Chief press secretary

The Chief press secretary to the Taraba state government, Mr.Hassan Mijinyawa has released a statement saying that gov. danbaba suntai who was involved a near fatal plane crash, is not brain dead.

Mijinyawa confirmed that the Governor has been responding to treatment and has been able to received and make telephone calls.

"He has been talking on the telephone" said the Chief Press Secretary who added that the Governor was initially incapacitated immediately following the plane crash of October 2012 over Yola in Adamawa State.

It was understood that immediately following the crash, the Governor suffered head injuries that affected his brain functions – including his ability to speak – his speech was reported to be blurred.

But a source near the activities around the Governor said that the Governor has been speaking to people on the telephone and the visitors at the medical facility. "He is clearly improving".

Just recently two of the governor's aide who were victims of the October 2012 crash returned to Taraba State – following the completion of a successful treatment in Germany.