Davis was the Chairman/CEO of Capital 3 Limited, a strategic and business consulting firm with a focus on retail market development.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Former chieftain of the Association for Better Nigeria (ABN), Abimbola Davis, has died aged 67.
The golfer died on Friday at his residence in the Jericho area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
ABN, led by the late Arthur Nzeribe, set the stage for the decision of the military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, to annul the June 12, 1993, presidential election won by the late Moshood Abiola of the Social Democratic Party despite being adjudged as the freest and fairest election in Nigeria’s history.
The ABN, on June 10, 1993, two days before the election, got an injunction from the Abuja High Court of Justice Bassey Ikpeme restraining the electoral commission from conducting the election.
Davis’ elder brother, Azeez Olalekan, confirmed his death to PUNCH.
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“The news of Davis came to us a shock. This is someone that still had fun with some of his friends on Tuesday after visiting the Ibadan Golf Club.
“His children are abroad and would host an online conference with the family today to discuss his burial arrangements,” he added.
Davis was the Chairman/CEO of Capital 3 Limited, a strategic and business consulting firm with a focus on retail market development.
He was also the Chairman of Books & Sports Limited, a company with focus on film, documentary production and entertainment.
He served as the Chairman of the Policy Commission on Solid Minerals set up by the Federal Government and the Nigeria Economic Summit Group in 2005 to chat ways for the progress and development of Solid Minerals in the country during the Nigeria Economic Summit, NES 10.