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Grand Hotel Founder, Sunny Odogwu Is Dead

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The Chief Executive Officer of prestigious Grand Hotel, Asaba, Delta State, Chief Sunny Odogwu is dead.

The business tycoon died in his home on Monday at 87 years, a family source told THEWILL.

Born on March 20, 1931, in Calabar, Odogwu hails from Delta state and holds a high ranking traditional title of Ide Ahaba of Asaba.

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He had his secondary school education at Ilesha Grammar School, Osun state and thereafter joined an insurance firm to work as a trainee before he travelled abroad for further studies.

Odogwu established the Sunny Iwedike Odogwu (SIO) Group of Companies, a firm with investment in property development, shipping, finance, industrial relations and hotel management.

He also established Robert Dyson and Diket, an insurance brokerage firm and was the publisher of now-defunct Post Express Newspapers.

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He is survived by his wife, Theresa and nine children.

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