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Another Davido associate Obama DMW is dead

The 30 billion gang member died of a suspected heart attack.

• June 29, 2021
Davido and Obama DMW
A composite of Davido and Obama DMW used to illustrate the story

Nigerian music producer and record label owner, Habeeb Uthman, popularly Known as Obama DMW has been pronounced dead.

Obama was Davido’s Close friend and a prominent member of Davido Music Worldwide (DMW) crew

It was gathered that the dreadful incident took place on June 29, a few hours after the deceased reported to Ever Care Hospital in Lekki  personally to complain of breathing difficulties and was eventually admitted.

The 30 billion gang member died of a suspected heart attack.

Although Davido is yet to publicly express his grief, other close friends and associates of Obama DMW have taken to social media to mourn.

Singer, Peruzzi, took to his Instagram account to share a picture of multiple broken heart emoji as he captioned “Lord have mercy.”

Ex-Big Brother housemate  Khloe Oluwabusayo Abiri popularly known Koko who also happens to be a close friend to Obama DMW painfully reacted to his demise.

“My whole life just flashed In front of me. God this cannot be true,” she wrote.

OBO loses yet another close friend after the unfortunate demise of his bodyguard Tijani Olamilekan popularly known as TeeJay who died in December 2020 after battling with a brief ill.

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