The family of the late former Chief Executive of ecommerce giant, Konga, Nick Imudia, has debunked reports that he committed suicide. It said that investigations were still ongoing on the cause of his death as suicide had been ruled out.
Refuting news reports that Imudia, Group CEO of D.light International, had called his brother and daughter with instructions before his death, the family, in a statement signed by Dr. Anthony N. Imudia, said reportage of the news of the death whilst the family was in the hospital trying to resuscitate him was suspicious.
They said: “The family of Nick Imudia is unhappy with the unprofessional manner the media has wrongly characterised the reporting of Nick Imudia death as suicide. This is also supported by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police’s office that has vowed to investigate the sudden death of Nick.
Neither did Nick call his brother in America with instructions on how to distribute his wealth, nor placed a call to his daughter with any instructions.
“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.”
Stating that the former Konga CEO comes from a close-knit family where support abounds, the family added, “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. “Nick Imudia, until his death was the Group CEO of D.light International, with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, where he resided.
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’.”