Jethro Akun, former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, is dead.
Akun, 76, was an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and a Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) awardee.
He served as Commissioner in Ministries of Information and Communication, as well as Youths and Sports.
Akun, a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state chairman, was appointed as Deputy Governor to then Acting Governor Michael Botmang after Joshua Dariye was impeached in November 2006.
