Time, it is said heels wounds. But for billionaire businessman and Group Chief Executive Officer, Oando Group, Jubril Adewale Tinubu, the wound inflicted by the death of one of his trusted staff, Ngozi Janice Okonkwo, the former Chief Legal Officer of Oando, exactly one year ago, has refused to heal too soon.
Ngozi died on this day in 2020 at age of 45.
Tinubu took to his social media page to pen an emotion-laden tribute: “It’s been a year since we lost one of the most wonderful souls I have been opportune to meet in my professional capacity. An epitome of intellect, excellence, audacity, stealth, persistence infused with an incurable dose of optimism. Oando has missed you dearly.”
The highly cerebral lawyer was laid to rest on Saturday, 11th of July 2020, at a private cemetery in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Before joining Oando, the deceased had worked as Junior Counsel with F.O. Akinrele & Co., and also with KPMG Professional Services (previously known as Arthur Andersen) as Manager in the Tax, Regulatory and People Services Unit and Head of Indirect Tax Services.
She obtained LLB (Hons) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1997 and BL from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos in 1999.
She was a member of the Nigerian bar Association; an honorary fellow of the Association of Fellows and Legal Scholars of the Centre for International Legal Studies, Austria; an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Nigeria.
Ngozi was survived by her husband, Chukwunenye Okonkwo, and their four children.
