Late Captain Hosa Okunbo
Edo-born billionaire businessman, and politician Hosa Wells Okunbo fondly known as Captain Hosa, has died after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Okunbo, a professional pilot and philanthropist, who moved to London a year ago for treatment, died last night (Saturday) 12 months after doctors said he had nine months to live. He was aged 63. He’s survived by widow, Nosa, and children.
“Hosa, whose health had remarkably improved following treatments in London and German hospitals, was planning to return to Nigeria next week to attend the coronation of the new Olu of Warri, Tsola Emiko, who is married to his daughter, Ivie. “He had his new Lagos home decorated and even bought a new Rolls Royce for the new king,” according to the US-based THEWILL, quoting unnamed sources.
The paper said it gathered that “Hosa’s health took a bad turn few days ago. He had close family members with him in London when he died, our sources said.”
The Benin, Edo State, billionaire and philanthropist is remembered for having running battles with the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) over alleged illegal collection from shippers by his company, and with his home state governor, Godwin Obaseki, whose re-election he vowed to stop last year but failed to do so.
In mid-January this year, Capt Hosa, who was the Chairman, Ocean Marine Solutions Limited, was rumoured to have died but his family quashed the rumours, explaining that he “immediately after the September 19, 2020 Edo State governorship election, travelled to the United Kingdom, for his routine medical checkup.”
Late Okunbo, popularly called Cappy, was born January 7, 1958. He attended Government Primary School, Benin City, Edo State; Federal Government College, Warri, Delta State; Nigerian Civil Aviation Training Centre, Zaria, Kaduna State, and ACME School of Aeronautics, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
His business interests span agro-allied, petroleum, telecommunications, power, real estate and the banking sectors.
Some of his firms are Hoslyn Ventures Nigeria Ltd., CMES-OMS Petroleum Development Company, Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartments, Wells San-Carlos Agro Farms Ltd, Ocean Marine Security Ltd.
Others are Westminster Security Solutions Nigeria Ltd., Wells Group of Companies, and Wells Entertainments Ltd.
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