Former deputy governor of old Cross River State, Dr. Mathias Ofoboche is dead.

Sources said he died of an undisclosed ailment in a London hospital on Sunday.

He was deputy to the late Cross River State governor, Dr. Clement Isong during the administration of former President Shehu Shagari between 1979 and 1983.

They both ruled the state under the banner of National Party of Nigeria, NPN.

Dr. Matthias Oko Offoboche, Gynaecologist, Politician, PDP Chieftain, Elder statesman and former Deputy Governor of Cross River State was Chairman of the Committee which drafted the document at the Obudu Cattle Ranch in 1979 that came gave birth to the Calabar-Ogoja Accord.

Ofoboche hailed from Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State.