Senator David Dafinone has passed away. He died Sunday morning in Lagos at the age of 91.
A Senator in the Second Republic between 1979 and 1983, Dafinone was born on March 12, 1927 in Sapele, Delta state.
He served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Nigerian International Biographical Center, Apapa in Lagos.
Dafinone obtained his Bachelor of Science in Economics from University in London in 1958 and served in various capacities at the Nigerian Civil Service, Kaduna, 1946-1956.
The late Dafinone was also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, National Geography Society; member Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, International Biographical Society (life), National Policy Council, and Urban Land Institute.