Bassey Eyo Ifraimu Adamu na III

Bassey Adam III (Abasi Eyo Efiom Ededem Edak Edem Etim Efiom Okoho Efiom Ekpo Efiom Ekbo; 25 ga Disamba 1904 - 14 ga Disamba 1986) ya kasance Obong na Calabar da Edidem na mulkin Efik daga 27 ga Nuwamba 1982 har zuwa mutuwarsa a ranar 14 ga Disambar 1986 .  An haifi Bassey a Calabar, a lokacin mulkin kawunsa Obong Adam Ephraim Adam a matsayin Obong na Tsohon Calabar da yankunan da ke dogaro da shi. Mahaifinsa shi ne Etubom Eyo Ephraim Adam (Eyo Efiom Ededem), ɗan na biyu na Ephraim Adam "Alias Tete) na gidan sarauta na Etim Efiom na Tsohon Calabar .  Mahaifiyarsa ita ce Gimbiya Eyoanwan Eyo Edem na gidan sarauta na Duke na Tsohon Calabar .

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haife shi a ranar 25 ga Disamba 1904 kuma an kira shi Bassey Eyo Ephraim Adam .  Mahaifinsa Eyo Ephraim Adam ya fito ne daga gidan sarauta na Etim Efiom na Tsohon Calabar kuma ya kasance shugaban gidan sau ɗaya daga 1906 zuwa 1911. Mahaifiyarsa Eyoanwan Eyo Edem ita ce jikokin Edem Ekpo, ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin gidan sarauta na Duke. Eyoanwan Eyo Edem ta kasance uwa ce ta Efut Nobility . Mahaifiyarta Inima Okon ta fito ne daga gidan sarauta na Odionka Ebuka a Efut Abua, Calabar . Kakan mahaifin Bassey shine Ephraim Adam, wanda ya kafa gidan Tete.  Edidem Bassey Adam III ya kasance uba da uwa mai daraja.

Wasu daga cikin 'yan uwansa sun hada da Eyo Eyo Ephraim Adam, Umo Eyo Ephraim Adamu, Utong Ekong (Nee Eyo Ephraim Adama) da sauransu da yawa.  [<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span>]

 Ilimi 
Bassey ya halarci Makarantar Ikilisiyar Scotland Mission, Ikot Efio Enang a Akpabuyo kuma daga baya ya koma makarantar Duke Town . A makarantar firamare ta Duke Town, ya gudanar kuma ya samu nasarar wuce jarrabawar Preliminary Cambridge a shekarar 1922. A shekara ta 1923, ya ci gaba zuwa Kwalejin Normal a Cibiyar Horar da Hope Waddell kuma daga 1924 zuwa 1925, ya halarci Kwalejin King, Legas, inda ya kammala karatun sakandare kuma daga baya ya zauna ya wuce jarrabawar Jami'ar London. Tsakanin 1926 da 1930, Bassey ya sami ilimin sana'a a cibiyoyin da suka biyo baya watau, Grammar School, Freetown, Saliyo; Injiniya School, Public Works Department, Legas; Electric School, Public Work Department, Legаgo da Bournemouth School of Engineering, United Kingdom. Wannan dogon lokacin horo ya haifar da samun difloma na cibiyar Injiniyoyin Sabis a Kent a matsayin Mataimakin memba.

 Kogin Calabar Ogoja (COR) Yunkurin Jiha 
Tarihin tashin hankali na jihar Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers a yankin Gabashin Najeriya ba zai cika ba tare da ambaton Bassey wanda ke zaune a Jos, Jihar Plateau a lokacin ba. Gidan Bassey a Jos ya kasance wurin taro galibi ga mutanen da ke cikin Lardin Tsohon Calabar, kodayake bai nuna bambanci ga wasu kabilun ba. Lokacin da aka sanar da Bassey game da sha'awar mutanensa na kirkirar jihar COR, sai ya yarda da ra'ayin da ya yada a Arewacin Najeriya. Amfanin Bassey a kan mutane da yawa a lokacin tashin hankali shine saninsa da manyan mutane da yawa ko'ina cikin Arewacin Najeriya. Bassey wanda ya kasance sanannen Injiniyan Lantarki ya aiwatar da kwangilar lantarki da gine-gine da yawa a duk faɗin Arewacin Najeriya wanda ya sa ya ƙaunace shi ga sanannun mutane da yawa a Arewa. Ya dasa rassan motsi a garuruwa daban-daban a Arewa kuma tare da maza kamar Cif Usoro na Ibiono, ya haifar da gudummawar kudi a cikin asusun motsi a jihar.

 Karɓar sarauta a matsayin Mai mulkin gargajiya 
Halayen kansa na Bassey ya haifar da zabinsa a matsayin mafi kyawun zaɓi don ofishin Etubom na Etim Efiom House . Bassey ya gaji Etubom Umo Eyo Ephraim Adam a matsayin Etubom na gidan Etim Efiom a 1979 kuma Edidem Esien Ekpe Oku V ya shigar da shi cikin Majalisar Al'adun Etubom. A ranar 14 ga watan Janairun 1982, Edidem Esien Ekpe Oku ya wuce. Wannan ya haifar da neman dan takara mai cancanta don kujerar Obong na Calabar. Masu neman kursiyin sune Etubom Cobham Eneyo Boco wanda shine dan uwan Etubom Bassey. Bayan gwagwarmayar da aka yi, an zabi Etubom Bassey a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba 1982 a matsayin dan takarar da aka fi so kuma ya ayyana Obong-Zaɓaɓɓen a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba 1982.  An naɗa shi a Cocin Presbyterian na Duke Town a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba 1982. 

 Yawon shakatawa na Jiha 
Sojojin da suka mamaye gwamnatin Najeriya a shekarar 1984 sun ga haihuwar Yakin da ba a iya horo ba (WAI).  An kawo shi gida ga kowa da kowa wanda rashin horo yana da fuskoki da yawa kuma lokacin da Kanal Daniel Archibong ya ɗauki ofishin Gwamnan Jihar Cross River kuma ya ba da umarnin cewa duk Shugabannin Babban su ilimantar da batutuwan su akan WAI "bishara" wanda shine 'Tsabtace da aiwatar da irin waɗannan ayyukan Jama'a kamar biyan haraji da farashi'.Har ila yau, lokacin da Kanal Archibong ya lura da zaton ofishin cewa akwai babban bukatar hadin kai tsakanin dukkan kabilun da ke cikin Jihar Cross River, ya kuma kara wani kamfen ga WAI. A wannan lokacin, "Yaƙi da Rashin Haɗin Kai". An shirya yawon shakatawa na jihar a duk yankuna goma sha bakwai na kananan hukumomi kuma duk manyan sarakuna tare sun ziyarci kowane LGA. A wannan lokacin, Edidem Adam yana da matsala da hangen nesa kuma ba zai iya tafiya tare da su ba. Bayan ya warke, wani mutum ba zai damu da ci gaba da yawon shakatawa ba amma nan da nan ya fara nasa zagaye na yawon shakata zuwa Ikom, Obubra da Obudu. An bar Ogoja a waje saboda Mai mulki na Paramount yana da rashin lafiya kuma yana asibiti a lokacin.Edidem Adam ya kuma gudanar da tafiye-tafiye na hukuma a waje da Jihar Cross River. Ya tafi Enugu don halartar bikin kaddamar da Majalisar Shugabannin Jihar Anambra da kuma Owerri don halartar kaddamarwar Majalisar Shugabannin Jiha ta Imo. Ziyararsa ta biyu zuwa Owerri ta kasance a matsayin baƙo na Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Jihar Imo a lokacin ƙaddamar da Asusun Ci gaban Jami'ar. A wannan lokacin, ya ba da gudummawar 500.00 ga ɗalibi mafi kyau a Injiniyan Lantarki a Jami'ar. Sauran tafiye-tafiye biyu zuwa gabashin Najeriya sun kai shi Nsukka don halartar bikin taron 1986 da bikin jubile na azurfa na Jami'ar Najeriya da kuma Onitsha don ziyartar abokinsa na dindindin, Mista Justice U. Agbakoba . 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1986
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1904