The family of Nick Imudia, the late former CEO of Konga, a prominent online retailer, has denied rumors that the Group CEO of D.light International took his own life. The family added that while suicide is ruled out, investigations are still being conducted to determine the reason of his death.
The family issued a statement refuting rumors that Imudia had given instructions to his brother and daughter over the phone before his passing. They stated it was unusual that reports of the former Konga CEO’s passing came while they were in the hospital attempting to revive him.
The family expressed disapproval of the “unprofessional manner” in which the media incorrectly reported Nick Imudia’s death as a suicide, claiming that the deceased never gave instructions to his daughter or his brother in America about how to divide his fortune.
The Imudia family questioned why the information was released so quickly (less than three hours after his passing) and why the medical staff was still attempting CPR on him in the hospital. The family also stated that the deceased never displayed symptoms of stress and was never given a diagnosis of depression.
“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 who 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-ba 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 grieve their loved one without any unfounded rumour of the circumstances surrounding his death,” his family said.
