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A final year student of Zaporozhye State Medical University Ukraine, has died two weeks after he was evacuated from the war ridden country to Sokoto, Nigeria.
The deceased, Uzaifa Halilu Modachi, was said to have not returned to Nigeria for the past 3 years and was preparing for his final examinations before the Russia-Ukraine war broke out.
Announcing his demise, the father of the deceased, Honourable Habibu Haliru Modachi, Member in the Sokoto House of Assembly said;
“Alhamdu Lilah, God gives and take away life, and that’s how he wanted it to happen, there is no doubt about it”, says the father, “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”.
Late Uzaifa was a final year student of Zaporizhzhia State Medical University Ukraine and was preparing for his final year examination which will qualify him to be a medical doctor when the unfortunate happened.
He has been buried according to Islamic religion.