Former deputy governor dies at 74 Professor Sonnie Tyoden, the immediate past deputy governor of Plateau State, has died at the age of 74. He served as the state’s number two citizens between 2015 and 2023, during Senator Simon Lalong’s eight-year tenure under the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Professor of Political Science was born on September 22, 1950, and was a one-time Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos between June 12, 2006, and June 11, 2011. The immediate past state governor, Barrister Simon Lalong, confirmed his death in a statement made...