Lawmaker reveals how he lost final year medical student son evacuated alive from Ukraine

Uzaifa Modach, one of the Nigerians evacuated from Ukraine, is dead.

The final year student of Zaporozhye State Medical University, Ukraine died from pneumonia-like ailment some days ago though he came back to Nigeria in good health.

His father and Sokoto state lawmaker Hon Halilu Modach said his son had symptoms of pneumonia before he died.

The lawmaker said he was preparing for his final-year examination when the Russia-Ukrainian war began.

“They were evacuated by the Nigerian government due to the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. Just two days to his death, he started presenting some symptoms of pneumonia,”  he told the Daily Trust.

“We took him to the hospital where he started receiving treatment. And two days later, he died. His death happened on Friday.”

In his official statement, Modach said, “Alhamdu Lilah, God gives, takes 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.”