Chanchangi Airlines boss dies, leaves behind 33 children

Amadu Chanchangi, chairman of Chanchangi Airlines,  has died. He reportedly died along Kaduna-Abuja road while on the way to a hospital in Abuja on Wednesday morning.

“He died along the road while we were rushing him to a hospital in Abuja, after a protractive illness,” disclosed a family source.

“He will be buried by 2 p.m. today (Wednesday) according to Islamic right at the Bashama road cemetery,” said the family source.

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Chanchangi was originally from Taraba state, but based in Kano. He is survived by three wives and 33 children.

Among early sympathisers at the Chachangi home was Bala Ibn Na’Allah, the deputy Senate leader, and Mohammed Ali, a former member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly.