An announcement by the government of the central state of Plateau said Lar, 80 years old, died in a US hospital.
Lar, veteran of many political struggles in Nigeria and first civilian governor of the old Plateau state in the Second Republic(1979-1983), was widely rumoured to have died a few days ago. But relations said he was alive, but on life support.
The Plateau state governor, Jonah Jang, announced his death on Wednesday in Jos.
“He died at about 3.00 a.m. American time (about 9.00 a.m. Nigerian time),” the governor told reporters on Wednesday evening.
Lar was born in Pongaa, Langtang, Plateau State in April 1933.