Ignatius Datong Longjan

Ignatius Datong Longjan
Senator for Plateau South
In office
11 June 2019 – 10 February 2020
Preceded byJeremiah Useni
Succeeded byNora Daduut
Deputy Governor of Plateau State
In office
29 May 2011 – 29 May 2015
GovernorJonah David Jang
Preceded byPauline Tallen
Succeeded bySonni Gwanle Tyoden
Chief of Staff to the Governor of Plateau State
In office
29 May 2007 – 29 May 2011
GovernorJonah David Jang
Succeeded byGyang Pwajok
Personal details
Born19 May 1944
Died10 February 2020(2020-02-10) (aged 75)
Abuja, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
Occupation
  • Diplomat
  • politician

Ignatius Datong Longjan (19 May 1944 – 10 February 2020) was a Nigerian diplomat and politician who served as the senator representing the Plateau South senatorial district from 2019 until his death in 2020.[1] He previously served as the deputy governor of Plateau State from 2011 to 2015.[2]

  1. ^ Aborisade, Sunday (10 February 2020). "Longjan, Plateau South senator is dead". The Punch. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ Sadiq, Lami (26 January 2015). "Nigeria: Longjan Denies Defecting to APC". Daily Trust. Retrieved 25 January 2020 – via allAfrica.
    Azikiwe, Ifeoha (2013). Nigeria, Echoes of a Century. Vol. Two: 1999–2014. Bloomington: AuthorHouse. p. 160. ISBN 9781481729277 – via Google Books.