Grand Hotel Owner And Brother To Late Maryam Babangida Sunny Okogwu Dies

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The Ojise of Asaba, Sunny Okogwu is the billionaire  brother in-law of former Nigeria’s President Ibrahim Babangida,  has been reported dead.





The Asaba born business mogul is the brother to late Mayram Babangida.  He was the president of Black Gold Company Limited.





He lived a quiet life in Kaduna for several years.





The family is yet to make a statement on his passing however, divaviva111.com learnt that a young man named Michael and  who claimed to be one of the sons of Okogwu  confirmed the death of the former presidential candidate of the Republican Party of Nigeria in the 2007 presidential election.





The Ship House Residence of Okogwu on Ilorin road, Marafa estate, Kaduna, was quiet when The Guardian visited yesterday.





A guard, 63-year-old Yunusa Jibrin, confirmed the death of the late businessman.





The guard said: “The death of Chief Okogwu is a great loss to the ordinary Nigerians who benefited from his humanitarian gestures.





I have been with him since 1982 and he treated me like a son even though I am a Muslim.





“Despite my religion, he never discriminated against me. We members of the Sabon-Gaya Community in Chikun Local Government Area will miss him.






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