Citi News can confirm that former Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the NDC, Joseph Kobina Ade Coker, has passed away.

The exact cause of his death is not yet publicly known, but sources indicate that he died at the Bank Hospital after a short illness.

Ade Coker was widely recognized for his outspoken criticism of governance and political issues, and was deeply admired by the party's grassroots.

He was first elected as the NDC's Greater Accra Regional Chairman in 2009.