The Chairman of Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, Mrs. Esther Bassey, is dead.
Bassey died early hours of Friday 24th February 2023, after attending a meeting on how to perfect strategies for Saturday’s election.
Confirming her death, one of the deceased aides said the late chairman who was fondly called Queen of the South was hale and hearty last night.
“She attended a series of meetings to prepare for tomorrow’s presidential election. She held some meetings yesterday close to the night.
“She showed no signs of exhaustion or sickness when she retired later in the evening”, one of the aides said.
The former council boss who was a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) reportedly passed on in her sleep around 4am in Calabar, less than 24 hours before the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
