JUST IN: Former president’s grandson found dead in London

According to a local media report on Monday, President Nursultan Nazarbayev, a former president of Kazakh grandson, was found dead in London.

He died over the weekend, with cause of death to be heart failure.

29-year-old Aisultan Nazarbayev, was known to have drug challenges and had become increasingly outspoken against leading political figures in his home country. He claimed in February that he had evidence of major corruption between Kazakhstan and Russia.

Kazakh President, Nursultan Nazarbayev

He said on Facebook that same month that he was seeking political asylum in the UK, claiming he was being harassed by his mother, Dariga Nazarbayeva, Nursultan’s eldest daughter and a high-profile political figure in Kazakhstan in her own right.

His claims were debunked by the government as the rantings of a drug addict, while Aisultan admitted in 2017 that he was addicted to drugs.

Aisultan was his grandfather’s favorite grandchild and at one point was being groomed for high office. In 2009, he attended Sandhurst, the UK’s prestigious military college. He then held a post in the Defence Ministry when he was only in his early twenties.

Dariga confirmed his death in a statement yesterday.

He said, “My family is devastated at the loss of our beloved Aisultan, and we ask for privacy at this very difficult time.”

OnyxNews Nigeria quotes the Daily Mail saying Aisultan had been a member of Chelsea’s football youth academy, reportedly arranged by owner Roman Abramovich at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s request.

He also allegedly paid £2 million for musician Kanye West to perform at his 2013 wedding to Alima Boranbayeva, the daughter of a well known businessman from Kazakh.