The Cross River State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Mr. Abubakar Robert Ewa is dead.

A source in the Cross River State government who would not want to be quoted explained: ” He was part of the exco meeting on Wednesday. He actively participated in the deliberation, and few hours later, he asked to be excused. He checked himself into a private medical facility in Calabar and was later pronounced dead. I cannot speculate on the cause of dead. Only an autopsy could reveal that with certainty. Throughout last month, he was part of the Calabar Festival including the carnival and showed no sign of any health challenge.”

Ewa passed on Wednesday evening at the Arubah Specialist Hospital in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.

As at the time of filing this report, members of the Cross River State Executive Council and other aides of Governor Bassey Otu are gathered at the facility to mourn with the deceased family.

He was present at the state’s executive council meeting earlier on Wednesday which was presided Governor Otu.

Ewa served as Secretary and later, Chairman of the Boki Local Government Council. He also served as Special Adviser Community Relations and Secretary of the Anti-Deforestation Task Force.