Liam Payne: Former One Direction Singer Tragic Death Dies in Hotel Balcony Fall, Nigerians Mourn

• The global music industry has suffered a significant loss after Liam Payne, a former member of One Direction, was declared dead
• Details surrounding the music star's death in Buenos Aires, Argentina, have since emerged on social media
• Nigerian music lovers have also joined the rest of the world in mourning Liam Payne as many penned moving tributes to the singer

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Tragedy has hit the global music industry as Liam Payne, a former member of One Direction, has been announced dead.

Payne, 31, passed away after falling from the third floor of a hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to state police reported via ABC and CNN.

A report via Associated Press disclosed that Buenos Aires police gave a statement that Payne’s fall led to “extremely serious injuries", and he was declared dead by medics on the spot.

Pablo Policicchio, the communications director for the Buenos Aires Security Ministry, told AP that the former One Direction singer “had jumped from the balcony of his room.”

Policicchio added that police responded to an emergency call warning of an “aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol” just after 5 p.m. local time.

Liam Payne was an English singer and a former member of the pop boy band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands ever.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng recalls reporting that the Nigerian movie industry also recently lost actor Ayobami Olabiyi.

Nigerians mourn Liam Payne

Legit.ng captured some of the tributes from Nigerian netizens, read them below:

Qladele:

"So sad

Beyu:

"That's too much alcohol I think. Rip to him tho."

AuroraOluchi:

"Wetin go make grown up man fall down from balcony."

acoolrhymez_:

"How did he feel? Was he been pushed? The story isn't clear at all."

AneesaMary48651:

"He was a good singer."

vikkyabide:

"He was definitely pushed. If Liam Payne killed himself, why would he jump from the third floor instead of the rooftop? Why?"

Prophecy on Junior Pope's death surfaces

In other news, a celebrity seer, Bright the Seer, foresaw the tragic boat incident, which claimed the lives of Nollywood star Junior Pope and five others.

Bright had prophesied that Nigerian movie stars should pray for their lives.

She said that though she was aware that they pray, they should do better because she saw the incident coming.