A serving Nigerian senator and former Deputy Governor of the Plateau State, Ignatius Datong Longjan, has died in a Turkish hospital, Abuja.
The Senator was representing Plateau Southern Senatorial District.
The news was confirmed by the media aide of the lawmaker and his former Press Secretary when he was deputy governor, Mr Wulime Goyit on Monday morning in Jos.
Senator Longjan was elected in 2019 on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).