A former Big Brother Naija housemate and musician, Patrick Fakoya, popularly known as Rico Swavey, is dead.
Fakoya had been involved in a ghastly accident that left him in critical condition.
Fellow housemate and reality star Alex, disclosed the sad news in a Twitter post on Thursday morning.
“This was not what we agreed Rico. Rest In Peace #ricoswavey,” the tweet read.
This was not what we agreed Rico. Rest In Peace #ricoswavey. pic.twitter.com/W8IgiboPeA
— ALEX UNUSUAL (@alex_unusual) October 13, 2022
Nigerian entertainers had started a fundraiser to save his life
Tobi Bakare, a former housemate on Wednesday shared a picture of the hospitalised Rico Swavey on his Twitter page, disclosing that the accident victim had been placed on life support.
“Please help save Rico. He had a really bad car accident,” Bakare tweeted.
Condolences have poured from previous Bigbrother contestants as well as friends and well-wishers.
Big Brother Naija season seven contestant, Groovy, tweeted, “This is so unreal. This was just on Sunday at the winners’ party. My Team had told me Rico was around and I immediately went over to him to say thank you for all the support and love.“
“We lost a Real one. God give your family strength to bear this loss RIP RICO.”
This is so unreal. 💔💔
This was just on Sunday at the winners party. My Team had told me Rico was around and I immediately went over to him to say thank you for all the support and love.💔
We lost a Real one. God give your family strength to bare this loss🙏🏼
RIP RICO pic.twitter.com/uIxnQvqY4c
— GROOVY 🚀 (@groovymono) October 13, 2022
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