[3] Juta was elected as Deputy Governor of Gongola State on the platform of the Great Nigeria Peoples Party (GNPP) in 1979.

[5] Juta left office in October 1983, when he was succeeded by Bamanga Tukur, who had been elected on the National Party of Nigeria platform.

On 17 April 1985, Juta was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by a tribunal established to try ex-governors accused of corruption and abuse of power.

Juta toured strife-ridden farms in August 2001, shortly after 21 white farmers had been released from jail.

[12] As chairman of the Middle Belt Forum, in November 2009, Juta called for true federalism, with every state taking total control of its resources and paying a 75% tax to the center.