Monday, July 1, 2024 -The family of the late former Chief Executive of e-commerce giant, Konga, Nick Imudia, has challenged reports claiming he died by suicide.
According to the Family,
investigationweare still ongoing on the cause of his death as suicide had
been ruled out.
Leadership reports that debunking news
reports that Imudia 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 one-time Konga CEO’s death whilst the family
was in the hospital trying to resuscitate him was suspicious.
“The family of Nick Imudia is unhappy with
the unprofessional manner the media has wrongly characterised the reporting of
Nick Imudia’s 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 hastilly
(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 hastilly 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 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.”
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