By John Ogunsemore
The family of the late former Chief Executive Officer of e-commerce giant, Konga, Nick Imudia, has debunked reports that he died by suicide.
This is contained in a statement signed by Dr. Anthony N. Imudia on behalf of the family, Leadership reports.
The family said Nick’s death was mischaracterised as suicide, a position it said was supported by the office of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police which has vowed to investigate the incident.
The family further said Nick did not call his brother in America with instructions on how to distribute his wealth, nor placed a call to his daughter with any instructions, as widely reported in the media.
“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!
“Nick never showed any sign of stress and he was not diagnosed as depressed at any point. The thought of suicide in the manner portrayed and hastily reported by the news media is suspect,” the statement reads in part.
The family explained that Nick’s sudden death occurred during a brief stay in Lagos after he returned from the Netherlands and a day before he was scheduled to return to Nairobi, Kenya.
“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’.
“At his prime age and the level of his achievements, people who knew Nick well are all shocked and do not accept the characterisation 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,” the family further said.
