The CEO of the EIB Network Nathan Kwabena Anokye Adisi popularly known as Bola Ray has taken to social media to mourn the shocking death of his long-serving executive secretary Laillah-Crystal Banda.

The soft-spoken Crystal passed at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on Friday evening where she had been on admission after a sudden ailment.

In a Facebook post, Bola Ray said he has struggled to come to terms with the demise of his secretary.

“It has taken me days to find the right words to process your exit. I have struggled to come to terms with the fact that you are no more. Valentine’s Day will never be the same again, not that any other day would’ve sufficed. I was never ready for your exit Crystal. Nothing could have prepared me for this.

“I am numb and still in total disbelief. I do however know that my heart aches and that I, my family, EIB, Empire, and your countless friends have lost a real one. Yours was a life passionately and selflessly lived. Forever in our hearts.”

Crystal is believed to have worked with Bola Ray for over 10 years having being with him through the emergence of Empire entertainment among other endeavours of the celebrity entreprenuer.

She was 38.