Bassey Otu

Bassey Otu
Governor of Cross River State
Assumed office
29 May 2023
DeputyPeter Odey
Preceded byBen Ayade
Senator for Cross River South
In office
6 June 2011 – 6 June 2015
Preceded byBassey Ewa-Henshaw
Succeeded byGershom Bassey
Member of the
House of Representatives of Nigeria
from Cross River
In office
3 June 2003 – 6 June 2011
Preceded byNya Asuquo
Succeeded byToyo Esu
ConstituencyCalabar Municipal / Odukpani
Personal details
Born (1959-10-18) 18 October 1959
PartyAll Progressives Congress (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
Peoples Democratic Party (before 2016)
OccupationPolitician
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Bassey Edet Otu (born 18 October 1959) popularly known as Sweet Prince is a Nigerian politician and the current governor of Cross River State Southern Nigeria. who served as a onetime senator for Cross River South from 2011 to 2015, and a onetime representative of Calabar Municipal/Odukpani constituency of Cross River State, in the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011.