Senator Pwajok Dies At 49

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”.