Late Sen. Longjan
By Raymond Gukas, Jos
The Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District, Senator Ignatius Longjan is death.
Longjan a former ambassador and deputy governor to the immediate past Peoples Democratic party, (PDP), governor, David Jang died after a protracted illness, a family source said.
The late senator who was in the PDP decamped to the All Progressives Congress, (APC), because of the post election crisis in the PDP which let to it’s eventual clinching of the governorship ticket in 2015.
The State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has expressed shock over the death saying it was devastating to the state especially his constituency.
He said ” we have lost a man of honour and candour who in all his affairs always put the interests of Plateau State first. His humility, humanity and wealth of wisdom was always at display when he weighed on any issue that concerns people. We will surely miss him”.
Meanwhile, Longjan might have died of diabetes and high blood pressure, his media aide, Mr. Wulime Goyit has confided.
According to him, “He has been battling with a lot of ailments raging from high BP to sugar. He has been down since August last year with his health fluctuating, but since after the Appeal Court verdict that upheld Governor Lalong’s election, he never recovered from the ailment until his death”,
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