By Golok Nanmwa
JOS — Former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Peter Ajang Azi, is dead.
Azi died peacefully on Thursday, August 13, 2026, according to a statement issued by his family.
The death announcement, signed by John Daniel Azi on behalf of the family, said the former Speaker “peacefully joined his Lord” on Thursday.
The statement read: “With total submission to the will of God Almighty, the Azi Ajang Family announce the passing unto glory of their son, brother and father, Rt. Hon. Peter Ajang Azi, former Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly.”
The family said arrangements for his burial would be announced later.
Azi was elected Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly in June 2015 and served in the position until July 2018.
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