BREAKING: Senator Gyang Nyam Pwajok, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau state, is dead.

Olisa Metuh, the party’s spokesman, confirmed his death to Sahara Reporters. Senator Pwajok recently lost a case against governor Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the election tribunal.

A family source said Senator Pwajok died of kidney disease in India.

Born on March 15, 1966, in Jos, Plateau state, Gyang Nyam Shom, Pwajok, popularly referred to as “G.N.S” based on his initials, lived a greater part of his childhood in the city.