The founder of the defunct Diamond Bank Plc and a former chairman of MTN Nigeria, Pascal Dozie, is dead.

According to a statement issued by the family on Tuesday, the business tycoon died in the early hours of Tuesday at the age of 85.

The statement from his son, Uzoma Dozie, eulogised his father as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and a man of unwavering Catholic faith.

Born on April 9, 1939 in Egbu, Owerri, Imo State, Mr. Dozie was raised in a Catholic home, with his father, Charles Dozie, serving as a catechist.

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