Business mogul Okoya-Thomas of Asoju Oba fame reported dead

News Express |2nd Feb 2015 | 4,274

Business mogul, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas, has been reported dead, aged 79. A well known sports enthusiast, Okoya-Thomas was a committed sponsor of the popular annual Asoju Oba Table Tennis Championship in Lagos. Details of the circumstances of his death are still sketchy.

He was until his death the Chancellor of the Lagos State University and Chairman of CFAO Nigeria Limited.

•Photo shows late Okoya-Thomas.

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