“...He took a medication that had expired...” Eric Arubayi's Brother Said

In a detailed news with vanguard, Eric's brother Derrick Arubayi, reveals more details to the cause of Eric's death.
He said that Eric died in the teaching hospital at Delta State aftering expired drugs meant for his malaria and typhoid illness.

He said;

“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.”

This is really hearbreaking leaving behind his wife, a 2 year-old son, two brothers and a sister.