Sokoto: Final Year Student Dies 2 Weeks After Evacuation From Ukraine

A Nigerian student evacuated from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, Uzaifa Halilu Modachi has died two weeks after returning to the country.

It was gathered that the deceased before his death was in the third year of his studies in Ukraine when Russian troops invaded the country.

The father of the deceased, a lawmaker in the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Habibu Haliru Modachi said his son was in Ukraine for three years without returning home for vacation.

When the war between Ukraine and Russia started, the Soko Sokoto State Government through the Nigerian Embassy in Ukraine arranged for the evacuation of its students.

Uzaifa who was part of the students evacuated died two weeks after returning home.

The father while speaking on the incident said, “Alhamdu Lilah, God gives and take away life, and that’s how he wanted it to happen, there is no doubt about it.

“Had it been he died in Ukraine so many things would be said about him, that he was either killed by the Russian bombardment or had an accident or even accidentally shot and killed by the Ukrainian Army.

“We are grateful to God for having him die before us, we also thank the Nigerian government particularly Sokoto state for taking a hasty decision to evacuate them before the full escalation of the War in Ukraine”.

Uzaifa before his death was preparing for his final year examination in Zaporizhzhia State Medical University Ukraine which will qualify him to be a medical doctor.

He has since been buried in Sokoto.