Pale death ,with impartial foot knocks at the hut of the poor and the tower of of kings’.These immortal words of Roman poet Horace has once again come to fore. One of the greatest Ambassador Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez is dead.UrbanLife gather that the billionaire international businessman died yesterday 1st of September,2015,in his Belgium chateau,where he has been living with his last wife Halima. The very sophisticated and stylish individual,who is also the Oluwo of Nigeria, the Garsan fulani Kano, is known to be one the most influential African,with ties,to the Late Nelson Mandela,Mobutu Seseseko and many other World leaders.Born in 1936, Chief Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez is a Nigerian international Business magnate, Diplomat and Permanent Representative of many countries including the Central African Republic to the United Nations. He is one of the richest men in Africa. Chief Fernandez was born in Lagos southwestern Nigeria into the Fernandez family that originated from Brazil and the first European migrants to Lagos State. He has been in diplomacy since 1966. In 1982, he served as advisor to the Angolan Government on Economic matters. He held this position for two years until his appointment as Deputy Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Nations in 1984. He runs an oil company called Petro Inett which obtained a 50% share with South African-based Energy Africa Limited in a deal with the state oil company for exploration rights in a 4,700 km2 area of Angola’s coast in 1996. In 1992, he was appointed as Special Adviser to the President of Mozambique on International Economic Matters, a position he held for three years.Chief Fernandez is survived by his wife Baroness Halima Fernandez (nee) Maude, his daughters Princess Antoinette Oyinkansola Fernandez, and Abimbola Fernandez, a Nigerian model for Vivienne Westwood.
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