Former Senator Jonathan Silas Zwingina is dead.
He was aged 70.
He died on Wednesday in Abuja after a protracted illness.
Zwingina represented Adamawa Southern Senatorial District.
He was one of the founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where he was elected in 1999 and reelected in April 2003.
The late Senator served on the Senate Committees of Works & Housing, Establishment, Internal Affairs, Information, Special Projects, Privatization and Economic Affairs.
Zwingina’s residence in Abuja was demolished in 2007, allegedly on the orders of former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai.
His contemporaries during the formation of PDP include former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, late Wilberforce Bafte Juta, Chief Joel Madaki, late Solomon Lar, among others.