The vice president of Dangote Group and owner of Dansa Agro-allied Limited, Sani Dangote, dead.
He was a younger brother to Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote.
Two close family sources confirmed the death to DAILY NIGERIAN, saying Mr Dangote died at a US hospital on Sunday evening after a protracted illness.
He sat on the board of several other companies and was the deputy chairman of African Gum Arabic Producers Association, a fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Shipping and president of the Fertilizer Producers and Suppliers Association.
Credit: DAILY NIGERIAN