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Max Air CEO Bishir Mangal is dead

The deceased was the younger brother to the business tycoon and Chairman of Max Air, Dairu Bara’u Mangal.

• December 23, 2022
Max Air CEO Bishir Mangal
Max Air CEO Bishir Mangal

The Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Max Air, Bashir Bara’u Mangal, is dead. 

The deceased was the younger brother to the business tycoon and Chairman of Max Air, Dairu Bara’u Mangal.

He died in the early hours of December 23, in Abuja, after a short health issue, according to a statement by the Media Consultant of the Airline.

The statement partly read, “Inna lillahi wa inna Ilaihi rajiun, this is to announce the death of our beloved brother Alhaji Bashir Barau Mangal Vice Chairman/CEO Max Air in the early hours of today Friday 23rd December 2022. May Allah grant him Jannatul Firdaus.”

Mr Mangal’s body was on Friday evening flown to Katsina for his final Islamic funeral rites.

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