Nigerian billionaire businessman, Captain Hosa Okunbo, has died after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
A professional pilot and philanthropist, Okunbo, reportedly died last night (Saturday) 12 months after doctors said he had nine months to live. He was aged 63.
It was gathered that the late billionaire moved to London a year ago for adequate treatment,
He is survived by widow, Nosa, and children.
He was rumoured dead last year, but he refuted the news.
The late Okunbo, popularly called Cappy, was born January 7, 1958. He attended Government Primary School, Benin City, Edo State; Federal Government College, Warri, Delta State; Nigerian Civil Aviation Training Centre, Zaria, Kaduna State, and ACME School of Aeronautics, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Aged 30 in 1988, and having logged over 7,000 hours of flight time, Okunbo retired and went into private business.
His business interests span agro-allied, petroleum, telecommunications, power, real estate and the banking sectors.
Some of his firms are Hoslyn Ventures Nigeria Ltd., CMES-OMS Petroleum Development Company, Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartments, Wells San-Carlos Agro Farms Ltd, Ocean Marine Security Ltd.
Others are Westminster Security Solutions Nigeria Ltd., Wells Group of Companies, and Wells Entertainments Ltd.
