Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo visited the home of billionaire businessman, Dapo Abiodun on Saturday over the death of his son and Davido’s friend, Oluwagbemiga Abiodun aka DJ Olu.
He and his friend Chime Amaechi were reportedly found dead in a car.
The incident occurred just days after the death of Tagbo, another member of Davido’s entourage.
During his visit, Osinbajo encouraged the prayed for repose of the soul of the deceased and urged the family to take heart.
“May God grant friends and family of the deceased the fortitude to bear this great loss”, The Capital quoted him as saying.
In an official statement by DJ Olu’s family, they appealed to the public to disregard any form of insinuations being peddled.
The statement signed Seye Abiodun, reads in part: “The Abiodun family confirms the tragic and regrettable demise of our beloved son, Olugbemiga.
“We know there are many questions as to how or why such tragedy would happen to such great individual but still, God is in control.
“The past few days have been most trying for the family. We are saddened by his demise but we are comforted by the well wishes and kind thoughts of friends around the world.
“Olugbemiga has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life but few had the pleasure of truly knowing him.
“He was a down to earth, generous, kind-hearted, idealist and selfless individual who was extremely inspirational to many.
“The family hereby, pleads with the public to disregard insinuations being peddled by certain sections of the media about the actual cause of our son’s death.
“An official result of the autopsy conducted will be made available as soon as it is ready. Until then, we urge everyone to kindly respect our family’s need to grieve and come to terms with our loss privately.
“We remain humble as parents and a family, among several around the world who are bereaved via the tragic loss of a child.
“It is never easy to come to terms with the heart-wrenching and enduring agony that accompanies the death of a loved son.
“But our family will forever treasure memories of the extremely joyous days spent with Olugbemiga, prior to his demise.
”Those precious memories will stay with us forever. We are privileged to have some of his amazing, magic moments captured in our hearts.”
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