Chief
Molade Okoya-Thomas, one of Nigeria’s most prominent and successful
businessmen, is dead.
www.odogwublog.com reports that Okoya-Thomas
passed away earlier February 2. The cause of his death has not yet been made
public.
Okoya-Thomas
was the chairman of CFAO Nigeria Limited, a Lagos-based industrial conglomerate
engaged in the wholesale trade of automobiles, building materials, technical
equipment, electrical equipment, and agricultural equipment.
He
was a philanthropist and sports enthusiast who solely sponsored the popular
annual Asoju Oba Table Tennis Championship in Lagos for more than four decades.
He
held the Nigerian national honor of Officer of the Order of the Federal
Republic, and was a recipient of the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, the
highest national honor given by the French to a foreigner.
Nigerian Tycoon Molade Okoya-Thomas Dead At 79
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