Plateau lawmaker, Henry Longs is dead

Henry Soembis Longs, a member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, has passed away.

The late Longs was the representative of Pankshin South constituency.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said he died in Jos, the capital, after a surgery.

Chairman, House Committee on Information, Philip Dasun, confirmed his death.

A statement he issued on Monday disclosed that the lawmaker had his last breathe Sunday evening.

“He had a problem in one of his legs and had gone for surgical operation.

“Unfortunately, he could not make it. His death is really very sad and we will miss him”, Dasun wrote.