Death of Captain Hosa: Tunde Ayeni Mourns

Death quenches all fires, whether they be the fires of human hatred, human love or human life. After contending against each other in the recent past, the death of Captain Idahosa Okunbo has served as the final binding to the old ties between the deceased and his erstwhile bosom friend, the former Skye Bank Chairman, Olatunde Ayeni.

The death of Captain Idahosa Okunbo, Captain Hosa, as he was fondly called, came as a shock to many. According to the reports regarding his demise, Captain Hosa fought to break out from under the yoke of cancer. In fact, there are rumours that the medical personnel in charge of his treatment thought that he would pass away in March of 2021, never expecting that Captain Hosa would hold on to life for four extra months, only passing away a few days ago at the age of 63.

One of those who felt the passing of the late billionaire, businessman and Chairman of Ocean Marine Solutions Limited was his old friend, Tunde Ayeni, with whom he shared a close friendship early on and disagreed with over business matters at the sunset hours of his life. This is the Tunde Ayeni who was amongst the first to publicly mourn Captain Hosa, hallowing the fine qualities of the deceased and noting that although their friendship had many ups and downs, it is only human to disagree.

Folks would recall that the fracture in the Hosa-Ayeni alliance became obvious when Ayeni left Ocean Marine Solutions (OMS), the company of Hosa. He was said to have sold off his stake in the company which reportedly came to about 35% of the whole thing.Then came reports in mid 2020 that Ayeni was preparing to get another billion for the shares he sold off.

The narrative gets very complicated from that point, but what is clear is that the incident became the straw that broke the camel’s back, and each went his own way. Now that death has tumbled into the situation, everything has ended. Ayeni mourns and remembers his old friend.