A former Senate Majority Leader, Jonathan Zwingina, who represented Adamawa South District in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, is dead.
He died two months after celebrating his 70th birthday, Senator Jonathan Silas Zwingina.
Zwingina was also the former Director-General of the MKO Abiola campaign Organisation in the June 12, 1993 presidential election.
Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola won the election which was annulled by the then Commander-in-Chief and Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida.
Abiola was arrested by the late General Sani Abacha and died in detention on July 7, 1998 during the regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Although Zwingina’s family has yet to formally confirm his death, Leadership Newspaper reports that the Adamawa State-born politician died on Wednesday, October 2, at the age of 70 in the nation’s capital, Abuja.
He was reported to have died after a protracted illness.
The former lawmaker represented Adamawa South Senatorial District in the Senate. He was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party but later defected to the All Progressives Congress.
A source said Zwingina died in Abuja.
