Gyang Pwajok
Gyang Nyam Shom Pwajok (March 15, 1966 – October 28, 2015) was a Nigerian politician and a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Pwajok was the youngest national Senator during the upper chamber's 7th Assembly, which was held from 2012 to 2015.[1] He was the 2015 PDP candidate for Governor of Plateau State, but narrowly lost the Plateau gubernatorial election to Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress on April 11, 2015.[1][2]
Pwajok was born on March 15, 1966.[1] He was an academic and lecturer at the Plateau State Polytechnic at the University of Jos before entering politics.[1] He served as the Director General of Research and Documentation, as well as Director General of Research and Documentation, during the administration of former Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang from 2007 to 2012.[1]
In 2012, the late Senator Gyang Danton, who had died while attending a mass funeral for victims on unrest in Barkinladi.[2] Gyang Pwajok won the 2012 Senatorial election to succeed Danton in the Plateau North Senatorial zone.[1] He was the youngest member of the Senate, the upper house of the National Assembly, during the 7th Assembly, which met from 2012 to 2015.[2]
Pwajok became the 2015 PDP nominee for Governor of Plateau State, defeating 15 other candidates in the PDP gubernatorial primary election.[1] He was narrowly lost the Plateau gubernatorial election to Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress on April 11, 2015.[1][2]
Pwajok became ill on May 29, 2015, and left the country to seek medical treatment.[1] He died from hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of liver cancer, at a hospital in India on October 28, 2015, at the age of 48.[1][2] He was survived by his wife, Bridget Gyang Pwajok.[1] His funeral was held at the Church of Christ In Nation (COCIN) in South Jos on November 13, 2015.[1]