PHP - MENU_LOCAL_TASK in Drupal How do I add #markup or #suffix to MENU_LOCAL_TASK in Drupal?

$items['user/%/checkins_history'] = array( //add to to user's profile
            'type' =&gt; MENU_LOCAL_TASK,
            'title' =&gt; t('Checkins History'),           
            'suffix' =&gt; '&lt;div&gt;Num'.$num_of_results .'&lt;/div&gt;', // NOT WORKING            
            'access arguments' =&gt; array('Administer Checkins'),
            'page arguments' =&gt; array(1),
            'file' =&gt; 'manager.inc',
            'page callback' =&gt; 'manager_checkins_history_page'
        );
What you're asking doesn't really make sense.

MENU_LOCAL_TASK is used as metadata for a route defined in hook_menu().

#prefix and #suffix are properties for render arrays.

The two concepts are not compatible.