The wife of Nigeria billionaire businessman, and President and Chairman of the Coscharis Group, Cosmas Maduka, is dead.
Although the family is yet to confirm what killed her and when she died, reports have it that the wife of Cosmas Maduka, Mrs Charity N. Maduka died on Sunday, after suffering a stroke.
She was reported to have died in Nnewi, Anambra state, where she went with her husband to attend a function. It was reported that the sad incident shocked her family as her death was sudden and unexpected.
Mrs Charity N. Maduka was the Vice-president of the Coscharis Group since its inception as the co-owner of the company.
Cosmas Maduka who is also a pastor has always spoken about the impact his wife had in the early days of his career.
According to him, when he met her, he was poor, adding that her parents who belonged to the upper class at that time, believed she was insane when she insisted on getting married to him.
He had said, “Despite all the hurdles, she stuck with me.”
“This is the reason today, she owns a part of the company and has free access to the finances of the company”, Cosmas had said in an interview.
According to a profile on Coscharis Group’s website, Mrs Maduka “…in her capacity, she was once the Executive Director supervising the Administrative, Legal, Works / Maintenance, Export, Technologies teams of the organization from 1984 – 2003. Under her tutelage, she was able to grow the business by creating value via the various strategic departments she supervised within the organization.
“As a board member of the group, in the year 2005, she later became the Executive Chairman / COO of two of the subsidiaries of the Coscharis Group namely Coscharis Beverages Limited and Coscharis Properties Limited respectively,” the profile read in part.
The deceased was also a professional teacher and caterer. She attended Teachers’ Training College, Nsugbe in Anambra State from 1979 to 1981. Also attended Consertum Institute of Catering and Hotel Management, Idi-Araba, Lagos State from February to July, 1983.
“She had a brief stint as a teacher at Akamili Central School, Umudim – Nnewi between October and December 1981. Also at Tolu Primary School III, Tolu Village, Ajeromi Ifelodun / Apapa, LGA, Lagos between January 1982 and January 1983. She has equally attended various Leadership and Entrepreneurship training seminars/courses both home and abroad,” it added.
Mrs Maduka got married to Dr Cosmas in 1978 and the union produced three sons and a daughter.