Plateau State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the April 11 election, Senator Gyang Pwajok, has died.
He was 49.
The late politician defeated 16 other aspirants to clinch the party’s primary.
Pwajok represented Plateau North in the National Assembly between 2011 and 2015.
He withdrew from the Senate to contest the governorship election.
Popularly called Senator GNS Pwajok, the late senator’s media aide, Chuwang Dung, confirmed the death.
Dung said his boss died on Wednesday night in an Indian hospital, following a protracted liver problem.
He added: “The family will soon come out with an official statement on the death and the burial arrangement.”
Former Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang, who succeeded the late Pwajok in the Senate, mourned the late PDP chieftain.
Jang confirmed Pwajok’s death in a statement yesterday.
The former governor said his predecessor in the Senate died of a complication called Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Jang said: “I am greatly pained and deeply saddened to inform you of the passing of a true Plateau son, our brother, mentor to the younger generation and a truly distinguished senator, Gyang Nyam Shom Pwajok, who died on October 28, after a brief battle with complications from Hepatocellular carcinoma.
“As a firm believer in the supremacy of God over every being and all His creations, I believe that He has set out for everyone, their time on the earth. It has pleased Him to take away Senator Pwajok at this time; all we can do is to thank Him and not question His authority.
The late Pwajok served in the Jang administration between 2007 and 2012 as his Director of Research and Documentation.
He was also the Chief of Staff before he joined the senatorial race and won in October 2012, following the death of Senator Gyang Dalyop.
Former Senate President David Mark was downcast yesterday when he heard news of Pwajok’s death.
In a statement yesterday by his Media Assistant Paul Mumeh, the former Senate President regretted the death of the Plateau State senator, who described as a gentleman with “uncommon commitment and patriotism to the ideals of nationhood”.
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