The Chairman of Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc., Bababode Osunkoya, is dead.

According to a statement filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Thursday night, Osunkoya died from a brief illness on Tuesday.

The statement signed by the Company Secretary, Sunday Ekwochi, said: โ€œConsequent upon the tragic event, the company now has a 9-member board comprising of six non-executive directors (two of whom are independent) and three executive directors inclusive of the group chief executive officer.โ€

The financial institution stated that the board would announce Osunkoyaโ€™s successor subsequently.