Michael Asiwaju, the founder of Asiwaju Royal Furniture in Ojo, Lagos, has taken his own life following several rape allegations against him.
The entrepreneur, popularly known as Mike Cash, had been accused of rape a week ago, a claim he denied on his timeline @Asiwaju_limited.
A Twitter user, @thatgoddess, had called out Asiwaju, stating that she had information about how he raped a woman inside his car. She, however, said facts about the allegation were still sketchy.
Clearly unhappy about the accusation, Asiwaju had dropped a note on January 12 that he will take his own life.
“Goodbye I’ll die soon. (I) am gone,” he tweeted at 7.35pm on Saturday, January 12.
The Punch reports that the entrepreneur has made good his threat as he was said to have died at a hotel in Lagos.He was said to have taken a poisonous substance suspected to be Sniper and was met lifeless in his hotel room around 12am on January 13, 2019.
Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, CSP Chike Oti, said two bottles of Sniper were recovered from the incident scene.
He said, “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.”
