Ignatius Datong Longjan
Chief of staff to Governor Jonah David Jang
In office
29 May 2007 – May 2011
Succeeded byGyang Pwajok
Deputy governor of Plateau State
In office
29 May 2011 – 29 May 2015
Preceded byPauline Tallen
Succeeded bySonni Gwanle Tyoden
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
In office
11 June 2019 – 10 February 2020
Preceded byJeremiah Useni
Succeeded byNora Daduut
ConstituencyPlateau South Senatorial District
Personal details
Born(1944-05-19)19 May 1944
Plateau State
Died10 February 2020(2020-02-10) (aged 75)
NationalityNigerian
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (APC)
ProfessionDiplomat and politician

Ignatius Longjan (19 May 1944 – 10 February 2020) was a Nigerian diplomat and politician who also was a senator representing the Plateau Southern district in the 9th National Assembly.[1] He was previously the deputy governor of Plateau State.[2]

Early life and education

Longjan was born in Kwa, Quanpaan Local government area of the present day Plateau State. He attended the Kwa Junior/Senior Primary School and St. Joseph's College, Vom. He then attended the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria for his university education, where he obtained a Diploma in Law, and also attended the City University of New York, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in public administration.

Diplomatic career

Most of his working life was spent in the Nigerian foreign service in Nigerian missions abroad including Hamburg in Germany, The Hague in Holland, Conakry in Guinea, New York in the USA and Moscow in Russia.

Political career

Longjan was the chief of staff to the Plateau State governor between 2007 and 2011. He subsequently became the deputy governor of the state between 2011 and 2015. In 2019, he contested the election to represent the Plateau Southern senatorial seat in the Nigerian National Assembly. At his party's primary selection, he scored 972 votes to beat the other contestants for the party's ticket.[3] In the 25 February 2019 general election, he polled 140,918 votes to win the election.[4]

Death

On 10 February 2020, Longjan died at a hospital in Abuja, Nigeria.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Aborisade, Sunday (10 February 2020). "Longjan, Plateau South senator is dead". Punch.
  2. ↑ Sadiq, Lami (26 January 2015). "Nigeria: Longjan Denies Defecting to APC". Daily Trust. Retrieved 25 January 2020 – via All Africa.
    - Azikiwe, Ifeoha (2013). Nigeria, Echoes of a Century. Vol. Two: 1999–2014. Bloomington: AuthorHouse. p. 160. ISBN 9781481729277. Retrieved 25 January 2020 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Plateau South: Ignatius Longjan picks APC senatorial ticket". Today. 5 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Declaration of Results:Plateau South" (PDF). Independent National Commission. 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
    - Ahovi, Isa Abdulsalami (18 September 2019). "Tribunal upholds Longjan's election as Plateau senator". The Guardian. Nigeria.
  5. ↑ Iroanusi, QueenEsther (10 February 2020). "Nigerian senator, Ignatius Longjan, is dead". Premium Times.
    - Erezi, Dennis (10 February 2020). "Senator Longjan dies at 75". The Guardian. Nigeria.
    - Ajibola, Akinola (10 February 2020). "Plateau Senator, Ignatius Longjan, Dies at 75". Channels.
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