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Why I won’t mourn my husband, by Haruna’s widow

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Widow of the late Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Operations), Mrs. Olayinka Haruna, weekend, said she would not make ”the enemies” who may be coming over to the family house to celebrate the demise of her husband, happy, by mourning.

At a Christian supplication service in honour of her late husband, who died along with three other officers in last Wednesday’s helicopter crash in Jos, she said, “Arise for me and my family, Oh God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The enemy is coming to see my tears, but I will not mourn in Jesus’ name.”
The atmosphere at the Woodfield Estate, Jabi-Abuja home of Haruna was one of gloom and despair as more sympathisers trooped there to console the widow and her children.

When Vanguard visited, sympathisers hovered around the vicinity, some wailing while others wondered in hushed tones why such a fine officer as late Haruna was cut in his prime by untimely death.

Those who had signed the condolence registers included Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State; Minister of Police Affairs, Navy-Captain Caleb Olubolade and former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani.

Sympathizers’ also included past DIGs Operations of the police force and late Haruna’s predecessors, John Ahmadu and Audu Abubakar.

Sympathizers’ took turns to console Mrs. Haruna, while other groups engaged her and the entire family in singing and prayer sessions, offering consolations.

The prayers had consolatory effect on Mrs. Haruna as she wailed in supplication. She tearfully declined a chat with Vanguard preferring it for another time soon.
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Thai billionaire who created Red Bull dies

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BANGKOK (AP) — Chaleo Yoovidhya, the self-made Thai billionaire who introduced the world to "energy drinks" and co-founded the globally popular Red Bull brand, has died. He was in his 80s.
Chaleo died of natural causes in Bangkok on Saturday, according to local media reports and state television broadcaster, MCOT, which cited the Thai Beverage Industry Association.

Forbes magazine, which ranked Chaleo the 205th richest man in the world this year with a net worth of $5 billion dollars, said he was 80 years old. Several Thai media outlets cited his birth-date as Aug. 17, 1923, however, indicating he was 88. It was not immediately possible to explain the discrepancy.

Born in central Thailand's Pichit province to a Chinese father and a Thai mother who reportedly sold fruit and ducks to survive, Chaleo died the third richest man in Thailand.

Chaleo started a small company, T.C. Pharmaceuticals, in the 1960s and formulated an energy drink prototype a decade later called Krathing Daeng, or Red Bull in English.

The drink became popular among truck drivers and other blue-collar workers throughout the country, but it remained a local phenomenon until Chaleo met Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz.

Together, the pair modified Chaleo's initial formula and founded the international Red Bull brand. Launched in 1987, Red Bull now sells billions of iconic slim cans across the world annually. Mateschitz and Chaleo each own roughly half of the company.

Thailand's daily Nation newspaper said Chaleo "will be remembered as a business and marketing genius who put the Thai energy drink on the global map."

He was married with five children, according to the Nation.
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