Lalong declares 3 days mourning for commissioner
Rufus Bature, the Secretary to the State Government, announced the mourning period in a statement on Wednesday.
Plateau Governor Simon Lalong
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the commissioner collapsed while jogging alongside the governor at the Rwang Pam Stadium, Jos and was rushed to the Plateau Hospital, where he died. He was aged 64.
Mr Rufus Bature, the Secretary to the State Government, announced the mourning period in a statement on Wednesday.
He said that the mourning period was from Wednesday, 22 March, to Friday, March 24.
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The statement enjoined residents of Plateau to share in the burden of the loss and pray God to grant the family and the entire people of the state the fortitude to bear the loss.
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