Family of former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of e-commerce platform, Konga, Nick Imudia has revealed that he did not commit suicide.
Gatekeepers News reports that the family debunked the rumours through a statement released on Sunday.
His cause of death was not disclosed, however, they noted that an investigation is still ongoing by the police to ascertain the cause of his death.
Recall that Imudia who died at the age of 45 on Tuesday night was reported to have committed suicide by jumping from the balcony of his Lekki, Lagos apartment.
The deceased’s family expressed its displeasure with the unprofessional manner the media had reported Nick Imudia’s death as suicide.
The family added that the rumour was also supported by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police’s office which had vowed to investigate Nick’s sudden death.
They also clarified that Nick did not call his brother in America with instructions on how to distribute his wealth, nor place a call to his daughter with any instructions.
The family queried: “How come the news was reported so hastily (less than 3 hours from his death) before his family members even knew about it – and the medical team was still trying to resuscitate him at the hospital? The Imudia family wonders!”
They further clarified that Nick didn’t show any sign of stress nor diagnosed as depressed at any point.
The statement added, “The thought of suicide in the manner portrayed and hastily reported by the news media is suspect.”
The bemoaned family clarified further, “Nick Imudia, until his death was the Group CEO of D.light International with Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was residing. He managed the company’s worldwide operations from Nairobi. Nick was full of life and people that worked closely with him or met him in the last hours prior to the incident surrounding his death were shocked with the media attributing his death to ‘suicide’.”
“He was on a short visit to Lagos after a brief trip to the Netherlands and was to return to Nairobi a day after his sudden death. Nick made his initial career mark with Nokia, the Finnish based Telecommunication Company before he was transferred from Helsinki to manage Nokia Asia operations in Singapore.”
“Later in his career with Nokia, he was appointed as the Managing Director of Nokia – West and Central Africa. When Microsoft bought Nokia, he opted to leave the company. Looking for a new challenge, he became the CEO of Konga Nigeria where he reengineered the company’s operation.”
“At his prime age and the level of his achievements, people who knew Nick well are all shocked and do not accept the characterization of his death as suicide. Members of Nick’s family do request the media and the general public to allow them to grief their loved one without any unfounded rumour of the circumstances surrounding his death.”
