Popular auto dealer, Lanre Shittu is dead

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Popular auto dealer, Olanrewaju Rasak Shittu is dead.

Shittu, who was one of Nigeria’s prominent automobile dealers and socialites, passed away  Monday morning at age 65, as a source close to the family asked for prayers for the deceased.

He was a successful entrepreneur and the number one dealer of Mack trucks in Africa, holding the sole franchise for Mack brand vehicles in Nigeria and also the only dealer of Sany heavy duty equipment and Yutong buses in Nigeria.

The successful business man was also a licensed dealer of KIA, NISSAN, Jinbei Buses, and was the leading supplier of genuine spare parts to automobile dealers in Nigeria and others.

He will be buried on Tuesday, February 27 at The Vault & Garden, ikoyi Lagos by 1pm according to Islamic rites.