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The founder of First City Monument Bank, Michael Olasubomi Balogun, has died at the age of 89

The Ijebu-Ode-born billionaire died in London on Friday morning.



He was born in 1934 in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria, to Muslim parents. Balogun converted to Christianity while in secondary school.

His remains will be sent to Nigeria for interment any time soon.

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