Alhaji Garba Dangote, the elder brother of Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote,  is dead.

CEOAFRICA.com gathered that the late Garba, 80, a businessman, died after a brief illness yesterday.

Confirming the death of his brother, Alh. Aliko Dangote   said that his death came very suddenly as he suffered a massive stroke on Wednesday, and gave up the ghost some hours later and also confirmed that the deceased has been buried according to Islamic injunction yesterday.

The elder Dangote is survived by a wife and children