Nigerian billionaire, Ambassador Antonio Deinde Fernandez is dead, aged 79 years.
Announcing his demise in a tweet on Tuesday, Nigerian Journalist/Publisher, Dele Momodu, said: “Nigeria, and indeed Africa, has just lost one of its greatest sons; Ambassador Chief Antonio Dehinde Fernandez is gone!”
Breaking news: Nigeria, and indeed Africa, has just lost one of its greatest sons; AMBASSADOR CHIEF ANTONIO DEHINDE FERNANDEZ is gone!
— Dele Momodu (@DeleMomodu) September 1, 2015
He died on the 1st of September, 2015 in Belgium.
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According to Momodu, When he spoke to Chief Fernandez last Saturday from the call placed to him by the Oba of Lagos, he had a premonition. He commiserated with the people of Lagos “on the death of their iconic son”.
