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
Calabar, Eastern Region, British Nigeria (now in Cross River State, Nigeria)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
Peoples Democratic Party (before 2016)
OccupationPolitician

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.