Billionaire Ahmadu Chanchangi Dies

MICHAEL AKINOLA

Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi, Taraba State-born billionaire owner of Chanchangi Airlines, is dead.

A source close to the Chanchangi family said the billionaire died along Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Wednesday morning while he was being rushed to National Hospital after a protracted illness.

“He died along the road while we were rushing him to a hospital in Abuja, after a protracted illness,” the source said.

The source also said Chanchangi will be buried at 2pm today at the Bashama Road Cemetery according to Islamic rites.

He is believed to be survived by three wives and about 33 children, among whom is Rufai Chanchangi, a member of the House of Representatives.

Late Chanchangi with his family

Among early sympathisers at the Chachangi home were Bala Ibn Na’Allah, the deputy Senate leader, and Mohammed Ali, a former member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly.