News available to ViewPointNigeria indicates that John Tallen, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State and also the husband to Pauline Tallen has died.

 
ViewPointNigeria gathered that the late Tallen died on Tuesday morning in Abuja. It was gathered from sources close to the family that John Tallen had been ill for a while.

It will be recalled that his wife, who was the former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Pauline Tallen had said last year that she decline an ambassadorial nomination so she could take care of her ailing husband.

The family is yet to issue a statement on the death.

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Husband of Pauline Tallen, John Tallen is Dead