Russia Attack: Tragedy As Nigerian Final Student Dies Two Weeks After He Was Evacuated From Ukraine

Uzaifa Halilu Modachi, one of the 40 students evacuated to Sokoto from Ukraine, has died, just two weeks after returning to the country.

The final year student of Zaporozhye State Medical University in Ukraine was preparing for his final year examination when Russia invaded the country on February 24, 2022.

According to his dad, Honourable Habibu Haliru Modachi, who is a serving member of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, late Uzaifa, was in Ukraine for three years without returning home for vacation.

Speaking with newsmen, he 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. He has since been buried in Sokoto.”