Revealed: Eric Arubayi died of expired drugs - his brother, Derrick, reveals

On February 11th 2017, news hit the internet of the death of West African Idol star Eric Arubayi who was said to have battled a brief Malaria illness. Eric's brother, Derrick, reveals Eric took expired Malaria drugs which led to his death. He also said, though, the West African Idol star had been sick with Malaria and Typhoid but things got worse when he took the expired drugs which later led to liver failure and then death.

“He had malaria and typhoid, which was untreated. It later became worse after he took a medication that had expired and this triggered his liver ailment and afterwards, every other thing just followed at a fast pace before his death. 

“The only thing that we had to say is that he lived for Christ. We just want the world to know that the name Eric Odafe Arubayi was for a reason beyond the West Africa Idol show. For that reason, God would make manifest even beyond his glorious ascension." Derrick told Vanguard Newspaper