Femi Osibona, owner of Fourscore Homes, the company in charge of the 21-storey building that collapsed in Lagos, has been found dead.
Femi Osibona Biography, Wife, Net Worth, Wikipedia, Age, Cars, Family & Death
An official of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), who confirmed the development to newsmen at the site, said rescue workers recovered the body on Thursday evening.
Here are quick facts about the late Osibona;
Olufemi Adegoke Osibona (Femi Fourscore) is a native of Ikenne, Ogun state. The sexagenarian is the managing director of Fourscore Homes, a real estate development firm.
He attended Mayflower School in Ikenne before heading for Croydon University in the United Kingdom to study business and finance for his HND.
Osibona started his real estate business in London in 1997.
He is said to be the first African developer to construct a seven-storey building, located at 113, Albion Drive, London Fields, E8, 4LZ, in East London.
He then moved to South Africa in 2009 where he built six luxury units of houses called Fourscore Mansions in Waterkloof, Pretoria.
Osibona is friends with a number of renowned Nigerians including Dele Momodu and Abdulrosheed Akanbi, Oluwo of Iwo.
Osibona is an evangelist and a philanthropist.
He is a member of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) and a lover of the pulpit.
Osibona is reported to have been inside the building when it collapsed and was confirmed dead this evening
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