Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V

Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V (Ukpong Otu Ukpong Mbo Otu Meseme Ukpong Ukpong Atai Ema Atai Iboku, an haife shi a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba 1949) shi ne Obong na Calabar na yanzu kuma sarki na 78 da aka amince da shi na mutanen Efik, Gwamnatin Jihar Cross River ta yi masa kambi kuma ta amince da shi a hukumance a ranar 11 ga Yuli 2008. 

 Ilimi 
Yarima Ekpo Okon ya kammala karatun firamare a St. Patrick's Convent da St. Mary's Schools, inda ya sami takardar shaidar barin makaranta ta farko daga karshen a 1963. Ya ci gaba da karɓar Takardar shaidar Makarantar Afirka ta Yamma daga sanannen Cibiyar Jama'ar Afirka ta Yankin (WAPI) a 1968, wanda marigayi Farfesa Eyo Ita, farfesa na farko na Najeriya ya kafa. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 24, ya sami difloma a cikin Injiniyan Sadarwa kuma an ba shi kyautar ɗalibai mafi kyau ta Ƙungiyar Sadarwa ta Duniya. Ministan Sadarwa na lokacin, Janar Murtala Muhammed ne ya gabatar da kyautar, wanda daga baya ya zama Shugaban Sojojin Najeriya.

 Tafiya zuwa kursiyin 
A ranar 11 ga watan Yulin shekara ta 2008, gwamnatin Jihar Cross River ta amince da Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu a matsayin sabon sarki kuma Sanata Liyel Imoke wanda shi ne gwamnan jihar a lokacin ya gabatar da shi tare da ma'aikatan ofis a matsayin Obong na Calabar a wani bikin jama'a da aka gudanar a Cibiyar Al'adu ta Jihar a Calabar. A ƙarshe, an gabatar da Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V a gaban Allah daidai da al'adar Cocin da marigayi Sarauniya Victoria ta Burtaniya ta ba da shawarar a 1878, a Cocin Presbyterian na Najeriya, Duke Town Parish a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2008. Marigayi mashahuriyar Fasto Eyo Edet Okon na Ikilisiyar Manzanni ta Najeriya ne ya naɗa shi kambi kuma ya shigar da shi cikin zumunci na Sarakunan Kirista na duniya a matsayin Sarkin sarakuna na 78 na mutanen Efik Eburutu. 

 Rashin jituwa 
Wannan ya ƙunshi a cikin wata sanarwa ta gwamnan, ta hanyar Babban Sakataren yada labarai a watan Nuwamba na 2023, yana mai bayyana cewa gwamnati ta amince da Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V a matsayin Obong na Calabar da aka hau gadon sarauta. Gwamnati ta ci gaba da gargadi duk masu shiga tsakani, ciki har da tsohon Ministan Kudi, Anthony Ani, da su daina jayayya game da kursiyin.

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Ekpo Okon ya auri Gimbiya Ansa (Veronica) Ekpo O Kon Abasi Otu . Suna da 'ya'ya bakwai tare.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1949