Looks like Gokada had investors in America, South Africa, and Dubai[1], did most of their motorcycle ride-hailing business in Nigeria, but Nigeria recently banned passenger motorcycles which was obviously a huge blow to the business.
His investors probably weren't too thrilled seeing him live in a multi-million $ NYC condo shortly after their substantial investments tanked.
They could have abducted or blackmailed him but killing him like that makes no sense from an investors POV, they get nothing back and the risk of getting caught.
They get him dead, which can enough for some particularly evil people with a grudge.
Look at e.g. (probably) the FSB poisoning Litvinenko, six years after he fled to the UK. After six years there wasn't much to gain for the FSB other than making an example out of him and retribution.
Yes but this is diferent though. Those were ex spies who “talked” and wanted to send a message to other spies as in “if you talk we’ll find you anywhere”.
Gokada pivoted to deliveries after that regulation was passed; it's certainly possible that while that's a decent niche, it's not enough to meet investors' expectations for their capital. If that's the motivation here it would be a huge shame, because the company has done and is doing a lot of social good.
His investors probably weren't too thrilled seeing him live in a multi-million $ NYC condo shortly after their substantial investments tanked.
[1] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gokada#section-inves...