Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Max Air, Bashir Barau Mangal is dead. His death was confirmed in a statement issued in Abuja by his family yesterday.

Mangal reportedly died in Abuja in the early hours of Friday. He was 65.

The statement partly reads: “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.”