My brother is not dead but in coma, Mike Asiwaju’s brother says

Dapo Asiwaju, brother to Lagos businessman Mike Asiwaju popularly known as Mike Cash who reportedly took his own life has denied reports claiming that his brother is dead, but said he is in coma instead.

He took to his Twitter page to deny reports of his brother’s death saying people should stop spreading false information.

“My brother is not dead, he is in Coma. Y’all should please stop spreading False information. — Asiwaju (@Dapo_Asiwaju) wrote on his Twitter page.

Recall that CSP Chike Oti, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, had earlier confirmed the suicide saying; “We are investigating a possible case of suicide. We were alerted that a young man died in his hotel room and the Commissioner of Police was informed. He directed that the body should be evacuated and that a team of detectives comprising men from the forensic unit and men from the homicide section should investigate the matter.

“The body was inspected and there was no visible mark of violence on the corpse. Two bottles of Sniper, which we reasonably believed he must have drunk, was recovered from the hotel room. One of the bottles had been emptied while the other one was still unopened. The man checked into the hotel with the name, Prince Moses. Preliminary investigation revealed that the man was the owner of a business known as Asiwaju Royal Furniture.”

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Asiwaju was found lifeless in his hotel room around 12am on January 13, 2019, after he took a poisonous substance suspected to be Sniper.

Close watchers say the businessman and father of one who has a huge followership on social media may have taken his life immediately after sharing a suicide note on his Twitter page days ago.
Asiwaju had expressed his intention to take his own life via his Twitter handle, @Asiwaju_limited, a day after he checked into the hotel.

“Goodbye I’ll die soon. (I) am gone,” he tweeted at 7.35pm on Saturday, January 12.

Before his death, Asiwaju had alleged that his former business partner, one Blessing, was behind the blackmail of several allegations of rape levelled against him.

Two women on social media had accused Asiwaju of raping them, but the now late businessman claimed they were actually his girlfriends who he met on social media platforms.

Asiwaju also went ahead to pictures of two his two girlfriends claiming they had fun together sometime in 2017 at a club, where he spent N500,000.

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