The Central Regional Communications Officer for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has passed on.

Robert Amissah, popularly known as Staga is said to have died on Saturday after an asthmatic attack.

According to sources, he was driving alone from Kasoa to Cape Coast on Friday when he suffered the attack at Biriwa Junction in the Mfantseman Municipality.

Police officers at the Biriwa are reported to have found Mr Amissah weak in his car and rushed him to the hospital.

He was at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital receiving treatment but died on the dawn of Saturday.

Shock has ripped through many in the Central Region upon receiving news of his death as they describe him as an affable and hardworking communications officer.

Meanwhile, the Central Region’s NPP fraternity is yet to publicly announce his death.