{
  "id": 7112843,
  "title": "Gov Otu loses three senior administration officials in three years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/gov-otu-loses-three-senior-administration-officials-in-three-years",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T13:53:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/13/gov-otu-loses-three-senior-administration-officials-in-three-years/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Governor Bassey Otu has experienced the loss of three senior administration officials within the first three years of his administration in Cross River State. Among those who passed away were two serving commissioners and the head of a crucial parastatal.\n\nThe Commissioner for Power and Renewable Energy, Eka Williams Abang, succumbed to his illness after collapsing in Abuja. Although the specific medical details surrounding his demise remain undisclosed, family sources have confirmed his death.\n\nAbubakar Robert Ewa, the Commissioner for Tourism, became the first commissioner to pass away under Otu's leadership on January 8, 2025. He attended a State Executive Council meeting on that fateful day before his untimely death.\n\nAnother significant loss occurred in June 2026 when Prince Ojoi Ekpenyong Uguana, the Managing Director of the Cross River State Tourism Bureau, breathed his last. Despite the passage of time, the Otu administration has yet to offer an official statement regarding this latest passing.",
  "summary": "Three key officials of Governor Bassey Otu’s government, including two serving commissioners and the head of a key parastatal, have died during the first term of his administration. The Commissioner for Power and Renewable Energy, Eka Williams Abang, died in Abuja on Sunday. According to family sources who confirmed his death, the commissioner passed on after […] Gov Otu loses three senior…",
  "key_points": [
    "Three senior officials died in three years under Governor Otu's administration",
    "Commissioner for Power and Renewable Energy Eka Williams Abang passed away",
    "Tourism Bureau Managing Director Prince Ojoi Ekpenyong Uguana also died"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}