2023: LG Chairman dies after attending meeting on presidential election
Esther Bassey, the Chairperson of Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, has died.
It was gathered that the LG boss died following a meeting on how to secure victory in the forthcoming elections.
One of the political aides of the deceased LG chief said she was popularly addressed as Queen of the South, and she was in good health condition last night.
Commenting on the development, 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 exhaustions or sickness when she retired later in the evening”, one of the aides said.
Report has it that she gave up the ghost while sleeping around 4am in Calabar.
The former council boss was a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
