Suntai has been recuperating at the Government House as a ceremonial figure, following the injuries he sustained when a plane he piloted crashed near Yola, the Adamawa State capital, on October 25, 2012.
The governor started packing his belongings on Monday and continued yesterday.
His wife, Hauwa, held a “strictly by invitation” farewell party last week with 30 women in attendance.
Suntai will complete two terms of eight years on Friday without building a personal house.
His deputy, Abubakar Sani Danladi, who has been acting, bought a house for him in Jalingo, where his belongings were packed to.
Taraba residents called for “special prayers” for him and his successor, Governor-elect Darius Dickson Ishaku, for a peaceful transition.
The prayers, offered in churches, began last Sunday.
Scores were killed when the March 28 election was declared as inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), even as Ishaku, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was leading the only woman candidate and flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Aisha Alhassan.
Ishaku’s supporters did not throw a party to celebrate when he won by a runoff with an aggregate of 369,318 votes.
“Now, we want to celebrate. People should be allowed to jubilate and celebrate when they triumph in an election.
“We were not allowed to celebrate the victory. Rather a curfew was imposed for a week.
“Before the rerun election, our supporters were killed because they were celebrating victory. The inauguration should not be the same, Peter Ada, a trader, told The Nation yesterday.
Ada urged the Acting Governor Abubakar Sani Danladi to strengthen security to protect lives and property during the inauguration.
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