Shaka Momoh, the owner of Planet One, a hotel-cum-event centre in Maryland, Lagos is dead. News of his demise came to public knowledge after prominent personalities took to Twitter to pay tributes.
Momoh was
said to have died of COVID-19 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)
on Thursday.
Segun
Awosanya, a Nigerian legal practitioner and social media figure, who confirmed
the tragic news via his Twitter handle, wrote: “Lost another gem to Covid19.
“The last
time we spoke it was about our intervention on his case with a financial
institution. Now he is no more. Rest in peace distinguished Shaka Momoh (Planet
One). Covid is real.”
Momoh, who is
renowned as a lifestyle entrepreneur in Lagos, was a graduate of business
administration from Auchi polytechnic. He was also a philanthropist who
dispensed his goodwill via his Baobab Foundation.
Among his
other businesses are Hospitality Warehouse, a hospitality products wholesale
company; Baobab Edge Limited, a lifestyle company; and Basic Information and
Communications System Limited (BICS).
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