Senate loses second lawmaker in two months

Ignatius Longjan, senator representing Plateau south, is dead.

The senator was said to have died of an undisclosed ailment he had been battling with. He was 75.

A family source told TheCable that he died at a hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Monday.

“He died this morning, a number of people have been paying condolence visits at his residence in Asokoro,” he said.

The late senator’s death is the second to be recorded in the upper legislative chamber since the inauguration of the ninth assembly.

His death is the fourth in the current parliament.

Benjamin Uwajumogu, senator representing Imo north, died in December in Abuja.