The family of gospel musician Jake, also known as Jacob Yaw Mawulo Adjola, has confirmed the death of their beloved son and brother.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the family requested the public to be sensitive about disclosing details of his passing, especially with reports of a suspected suicide.
The news of the death of the young music minister, who is a member of the Higher Praise Inc., a non-denominational music group, gained traction on social media on Monday morning.
Since news of his death went viral, a purported “sign off” note has emerged generating discussions on Facebook with insinuations that the singer may have committed suicide.
According to reports, Jacob died on Sunday. However, he and his music group, Higher Praise Inc. performed on Saturday as the lead singer.
His group officially confirmed his death with a post on Facebook on Monday captioned “Jake sings with the angles now”.
The cause of his death has not yet been disclosed fueling suspicions of suicide.
However, in a statement signed by Susan Adjola, the deceased’s sister, it mentioned that police investigations have commenced into the death and pleaded with the public not to impede the investigations with unsolicited information.
“The Police is currently investigating the matter, both the alleged letter and the accident and we plead with you all to allow the instigations to take it due course,” a portion of the statement reads.
The family also mentioned that the police would equally investigate the said suicide letter, disclosing that he had been a dead man since 2022.
