Former Director-General of the MKO Abiola campaign Organisation in the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Senator Jonathan Silas Zwingina has passed away.
Theliberationnews gathered that the oratorical political died at the age of 70.
Zwingina paddled the ‘Hope ’93’ presidential campaign organisation of the late Chief Moshood Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 1993 election as its DG.
The outcome of the poll was annulled by former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Retd).
The former lawmaker died on Wednesday at the age of 70 in Abuja after a protracted illness.
Zwingina, a former Senator who represented Adamawa Southern Senatorial District, was one of the founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He was elected in 1999 and reelected in April 2003 on the party’s platform.
He served on the Senate Committees of Works & Housing, Establishment, Internal Affairs, Information, Special Projects, Privatization and Economic Affairs
