Bukka Hut Restaurant Co-Founder, Laolu Martins Is Dead

One of the co-owners of Bukka Hut, a Lagos-based eatery, Laolu Martins, is dead.

Martins, who before his death, was a banker with over 21 years of experience in investment banking, corporate banking, stockbroking, asset and pension fund management, died on Tuesday night.

The family of the deceased confirmed his death in a statement issued on Wednesday.

The statement read, “We hereby solicit the support and understanding of everyone as the family grieves the loss of our beloved Laolu in our privacy.

“Our kind request is that you support the family – wife, children, aged mother and father and his siblings with your prayers at this difficult time.

“Further announcements will be made by the family”.