By Modupe Gbadeyanka
The vice chairman and chief executive officer of Max Air, Mr Bashir Mangal, is dead.
The businessman, according to a statement, died in the early hours of Friday, December 23, 2022, after a brief illness.
However, the nature of the illness was not disclosed in the statement issued by the media consultant to Max Air.
“Inna lillahi wa inna Ilaihi rajiun, this is to announce the death of our beloved brother Alhaji Bashir Barau Mangal Vice Chairman/ CEO Max Air in the early hours of today, Friday 23rd December 2022. May Allah grant him Jannatul Firdaus,” the notification read.
It was gathered that the remains of the deceased have been buried according to Islamic rites at his hometown in Katsina State.
Mr Mangal was the younger brother of the business mogul and Chairman of Max Air, Mr Dahiru Bara’u Mangal.
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