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Nigeria's Ibadan Billionaire Arisekola Dies

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Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola Alao

Nigeria’s billionaire and Islamic leader, Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola Alao, has died at the age of 69, says his eldest daughter Khadija to NAN, on Wednesday.

The Ibadan-based politician and business man was until his death, the Deputy President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.

The late Arisekola, who was reported to have been taken ill before his death in a London hospital today, lost his eldest wife, a year ago.

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