Senator Gyang Nyom Shom Pwajok, the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State in the April 11 Gubernatorial election is dead.
Senator Pwajok represented Plateau North Senatorial District at the upper chamber between 2011 and 2015 as the immediate past senator from the zone.
Family source said the former senator died at the age of 48.
Senator Pwajok retired from the senate to contest the governorship election in Plateau state and he eventually emerged as the PDP flag bearer after defeating 16 other aspirants in the party primaries.
Popularly called Senator GNS Pwajok, his media aid Chuwang Dung who confirmed the death said his boss died Wednesday night in an Indian hospital at the age of 48 after a protracted liver problem.