“I had the feeling Chief Oladeinde Fernandez would die” – Dele Momodu
Nigerian billionaire Chief Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez is dead. He was 79 when he passed on in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday.
Before his passing, Fernandez was Diplomat and Permanent Representative of Central African Republic to the United Nations.
He was born in 1939. He was one of the richest persons to have come out of Africa. He was so rich he owned an Island, reports say.
Top media entrepreneur Dele Momodu sent Twitter into “condolence mood” after breaking the news on the micro-blogging website, Tuesday afternoon.
Momodu, who said he last spoke with Fernandez last Saturday, said he had “premonition” the billionaire was about to kick the bucket.
Momodu, who publishes Ovation International, did not reveal the content of their conversation that led to the said premonition.
See tweets…
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, 2015When I spoke to CHIEF ANTONIO OLADEINDE FERNANDEZ last Saturday from the call placed to him by the Oba of Lagos, I had a premonition!
— Dele Momodu (@DeleMomodu) September 1, 2015Our last call to Chief Fernandez in Belgium was made by The Oba of Lagos from his Iga Iduganran… https://t.co/D8X6lQOoK0
— Dele Momodu (@DeleMomodu) September 1, 2015My heart goes out to the good people of Eko Akete on the death of their iconic son AMBASSADOR CHIEF… https://t.co/Ore5xTYJBD
— Dele Momodu (@DeleMomodu) September 1, 2015