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Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by centvin008(m): 10:40pm On Sep 01, 2015
Nigeria’s Billionaire, Oluwo Antonio Deinde Fernandez is dead, aged 79 years.

Deinde Fernandez
Announcing his demise in a tweet at about 9.pm on Tuesday, Nigerian Journalist/Publisher, Dele Momodu, said: “Nigeria, and indeed Africa, has just lost one of its greatest sons; Ambassador Chief Antonio Dehinde Fernandez is gone!”
Details soon

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Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by mormoni(m): 10:40pm On Sep 01, 2015
We dnt knw him here
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by INTROVERT(f): 10:41pm On Sep 01, 2015
cry
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by DEXTROVERT: 10:42pm On Sep 01, 2015
Sooooooooooooooo
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by Osama10(m): 10:43pm On Sep 01, 2015
cry
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by Mynd44: 10:43pm On Sep 01, 2015
Don't pity the dead, pity the living instead.

You will soon hear all sorts of stories about him being in Ogboni, Illuminati and Mason
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by Nobody: 10:44pm On Sep 01, 2015
embarassed rude shock
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by engrfcuksmtin(m): 10:45pm On Sep 01, 2015
mormoni:
We dnt knw him here

Welcome to the world of one of Africa’ s richest men :
HIS EXCELLENCY , OLUWO ANTONIO OLADEINDE FERNANDEZ , Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations .
When it comes to the most impressive and exuberant display of the splendour of wealth, Fernandez dusts
them all - by miles . The name ‘ Fernandez ’ is Portuguese in origin and shows that he is of the popular
Fernandez family of Lagos. Historical accounts show that the Fernandezes were originally descendants of
freed slaves from Brazil , where Portuguese is the official language. Some of the first modern-styled
buildings in Lagos were built by the Fernandezes, and these buildings are known for their spectacular
Brazilian architecture . Portuguese navigators were also the first European explorers to reach Lagos State .
Actually , they gave the state the name ‘ Lagos.
For Ovation magazine to feature a man in 40 pages says a lot about his prestigious standing . Very
secretive ( not in a bad way or let me say he guards his privacy jealously) and aloof ( he very rarely
comes to Nigeria where he is from ) , this is one rich man in a class and mansion of his own -with no
rivals but maybe a few big cats. His wealth has dazed and fazed many, and left even many more
speechless. ANTONIO DEINDE FERNANDEZ . Okay , enough of that . Let ’ s get some bits on him :
Even though he is Nigerian , he was appointed the Permanent Representative of Central African Republic
( CAR) at the United Nations in 1997 ( ain’ t that classy? , but with the current turmoil in CAR , with former
President Francois Bozize fleeing the nation, things are hazy ) . -Fernandez is said to have interests in the
CAR’ s oil industry ( at a time , he was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central African
Republic) . That does not include his bauxite ( for aluminum) exports , gold mines ( in Angola ) and
diamonds pits . He owns Petro Inett, an oil company . Petro Inett is just one of them . He also has shares
in View , Sandcat Petroleum , Sanantonio , Goldfields , Voguehope , Grantdalem Inuola , Sandcat Goldfields
( cat, cat, now I understand those two cats … lol ) , Woods and Petro Inett Equatorial Guinea .
-Before then , he had served as the Special Adviser to the President of Mozambique on International
Economic Matters and from 1992 - 1995, he was the Ambassador -at -Large for the Republic of Togo and
Angola .
-He was also once the Consul for Benin Republic ( then Republic of Dahomey ) ( 1966 ) , made the Economic
Advisor to the Angolan Government in 1982 ( just for perspective , only Nigeria produces more oil than
Angola in Africa, shey you gerrit ?). To be specific, he was a long -time adviser to President José Eduardo
dos Santos of Angola ( he ’ s been ruling since 1975 ) .
In 1984, he was the Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United
Nations . At a point , he was a Deputy Minister of Finance in Swaziland.
-He has houses in Kano , built a tower for himself in Lagos ( where he was born in 1936) , New York
( where he is said to stay almost permanently) , Scotland , France , Belgium and the United Kingdom . But
that’ s not all , he has accounts in the Cayman Islands, France , Switzerland ( I love that country joor ) ,
Ireland , Hong Kong , Scotland and the United States . Don’ t ask me of Nigeria .Also as 6 private jets.
He surrounds himself with the finest , classiest and the most exquisite things that money can buy. Do you
know of any other moneybag who travels around in a convoy of pink Rolls Royces? Baba ni Deinde ! ( or
wetin you think ? Na my own opinion be this o, talk ya own !) And yes , if you have the misfortune ( lol !) of
entering a restaurant before him , you will have to vacate - unless maybe you are Bill Gates . His Excellency
is said not to dine where there are commoners.
In a divorce case with one of his former wives , it was revealed that he splashed 200, 000 British Pounds
on his seven- storey townhouse to buy 1, 000 books of gold leaf to ‘ toosh ’ up the already ‘ tooshed ’
cornices and balustrades. This man is just too much ! 200, 000 Pounds = N 51 million naira . Not much,
abi? It was also revealed by his former wife that in one of his houses in France , the wine collection ( used
in the wedding celebrations of their two daughters ) alone is worth about $ 1 million ( calm down, it ’ s just
N160 million) . Atimes , I cannot but just wonder about how the world is so so skewed in terms of wealth
distribution . Some have more than they can ever spend or use , while some just manage to exist .
Something somewhere is definitely wrong with humans , the so -called higher animals. Even animals do
not have such wealth disparity . Well , it ’ s just a thought .






Mynd44:
Don't pity the dead, pity the living instead.
You will soon hear all sorts of stories about him being in Ogboni, Illuminati and Mason



A high chief of the Ogboni Confraternity , he is highly revered in his Yorubaland and his family motto is :
Aguntan meji kii mumi ninu koto kan na ( see images for the insignia ) . Okay , what that simply means is
that two rams cannot drink from the same container. Or some people will say , there cannot be two
captains on a ship . Well , that ’ s correct, there is no other Antonio Deinde Fernandez ( the Big
Masquerade ) . Today , he is married to a beauty from Kano State . Her name? Haleema, and has a
daughter , Mahreyah. She is said to be of the Alhaji Muhammadu Maude ( also known as Maude Tobacco )
family of Kano . Alhaji Maude was the Presidential Liaison Officer for Kano State during the Shehu Shagari
presidency . A wealthy businessman , he made attempts to become governor of Kano State in the 1980 s
but lost even though his campaign was one of the most colourful and was associated with the use of yan
banga ,local thugs . More to come.
Now you can see that dangote and the rest are learning .






U can ask Google more.......
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by Segadem(m): 10:45pm On Sep 01, 2015
The man is still coming back,
that is the meaning of his name.
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by Nobody: 10:46pm On Sep 01, 2015
Mynd44:
Don't pity the dead, pity the living instead.

You will soon hear all sorts of stories about him being in Ogboni, Illuminati and Mason
are you alrt? this man worked for every penny of his money.no be juju. if na juju he won't be 79
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by herald9: 10:51pm On Sep 01, 2015
Where do billionaires go when they die
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by Mznaett: 10:55pm On Sep 01, 2015
herald9:
Where do billionaires go when they die

My housetongue
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by herald9: 11:07pm On Sep 01, 2015
Mznaett:

My housetongue
I don't think so. Your pics are still in black and white.
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by Mznaett: 11:09pm On Sep 01, 2015
herald9:
I don't think so. Your pics are still in black and white.
You again? Lol
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by herald9: 11:20pm On Sep 01, 2015
Mznaett:

You again? Lol
Lol. We haven't met before, have we?
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by tpiander: 2:23am On Sep 02, 2015
where is the family originally from prior to south America?
Re: Breaking News: Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez Is Dead by fpeter(f): 11:31am On Sep 02, 2015
i thought he had a young wife?

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