The recent passing of the former Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian e-commerce giant, Konga, Nick Imudia has increased the number of persons in the tech space who have died recently.
While death is inevitable, the circumstances surrounding their demise have left more questions than answers.
Vanguard looks at tech executives/technopreneurs who have recently died under mysterious circumstances.
Kevin Imudia
Although Nick Imudia reportedly committed suicide in his apartment in the Coconut Groove Victoria Island area of Lagos state, the family has since dispelled the report, and a police investigation is ongoing.
Fahim Saleh
Fahim Salem, founder and CEO of Gokada which launched as a bike-hailing company in 2017 in Lagos, died of multiple stab wounds. He was found dead in his Manhattan Lower East Side apartment with his body dismembered.
David Ntekim-Rex
David Ntekim-Rex was a Computer Systems Engineer before armed robbers killed him in the Jibowu area of Lagos State. According to IBM, he had beaten 17,000 others from around the world, including finalists from Brazil, Germany, India, Japan, Nepal, and the United States to emerge as the co-regional winner of the annual Master the Mainframe competition, organised by AngelHack and IBM Z Academic Initiative.
David Gbodi Odaibo
David Gbodi Odaibo reportedly died in his sleep, seven days after winning a U.S government contract.
His brother, Stephen said he had a cardiac arrhythmia/heart attack in his sleep and passed on at the age of 42.
