A billionaire business tycoon, Tahir Fadlallah, owner of Tahir Guest Palace Hotel and Arabian Sweet has died, aged 78.
His death was confirmed in a tweet today, April 29, by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, who is a good friend of the deceased.
Garba Shehu wrote: “we have lost Tahir. May Allah grants him Aljannah.” He included a picture of himself and Tahir.
The picture was taken shortly after he was discharged from from hospital after months of treatment in Beirut.
The billionaire was flown to Beirut, Lebanon for treatment in an air ambulance in May 2020 after he tested positive for COVID-19 in Nigeria. He was said to have been under intensive care ever since, with a version saying that he had been in a vegetative state and has been breathing on a machine.
Tahir Fadlallah, who left behind, a wife and five children, until his death, was the chairman of the Lebanese Community in Kano State.
Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani twitted: “Just learned of the death of Mr. Tahir Fadlalah; a great Kano based Lebanese Businessman. An accomplished man who believed & proudly identified himself with his adopted country in good & bad times. A great loss to Nigeria & the Lebanese community. RIP.”
Responding to Sani’s post, @promisejos wrote: “Lebanese nationality Decades contributions to our national development, poverty reduction and unemployment is undoubtedly. May the soul of Tahir Fadlalah rest in peace & may Allah strengthen the families of the decist (sic) to fill the Vacuum left behind. Aameen Thuman Aameen.”
Late Tahir Fadlallah was a good friend of the Editor-In-Chief of Greenbarge Reporters online newspaper and hardcopy magazine, Yusuf Ozi Usman when he was in Kano as Bureau Chief of THISDAY newspaper. He prays to Allah to forgive his sins and admit him into Aljanah Firdausi.
