Africa’s wealthiest man and business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Thursday lost his eldest brother, Alhaji Garba Dangote, to the cold hands of death.
Garba, 80, died in Kano after suddenly suffering a stroke on Wednesday night, sources at Dangote Group told News Reporters.

Confirming the death of his brother, Dangote informed News reporters, that his death came very suddenly as he suffered a massive stroke on Wednesday, and gave up the ghost some hours later.

The late Garba, 80, was a businessman and the first son in the family.

Dangote confirmed that his brother was buried in accordance with Muslim rites yesterday in Kano.

The elder Dangote is survived by a wife and children.