The member representing Kwami/Funakaye/Gombe Federal Constituency of Gombe State in the House of Representatives, Yaya Tongo, is dead.
Tongo, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2023, defected to the African Democratic Congress in March 2026.
News of his death was announced on Friday by a former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, in a post on his verified X handle, @ProfIsaPantami.
Pantami wrote, “We have lost our representative for Gombe, Kwami, and Funakaye, Hon Yaya Bauchi Tongo. He passed away today, Friday, June 12, 2026.”
The former minister disclosed that he had visited the lawmaker earlier in the day at Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja, where he was receiving treatment.
