Family and friends have been thrown into mourning, following the death of former Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) housemate, Patrick Fakoya, popularly known as Rico Swavey.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the reality TV star died on Thursday after battling for life, following a ghastly accident he was involved in on Tuesday.
Rico Swavey was a housemate in the 2018 edition, being Season 3 of the BBNaija reality TV show dubbed Double Wahala.
A target of N30 million was set to be raised for the reality TV star through the account of his mum, Halima Lina Hassan, in efforts to crowdsource funds to cater for his hospital expenses and help save his life.
His management, disclosing that the situation was critical, had disclosed that he was on life support and asked for prayers. However, doctors tried their best to bring him from the coma back to life to no avail.
“We lost him. But thanks a lot guys. God knows best,” Tobi Bakre stated shortly after Rico Swavey passed on.
“This was not what we agreed Rico. Rest In Peace #ricoswavey,” Asogwa Alexandra, popularly known as Alex Unusual tweeted.
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— Rico Swavey 🇳🇬🇺🇸 (@iamricoswavey) October 12, 2022
Hey everyone @iamricoswavey needs us now more than anything pls. Nothing is too small pls. It's a difficult time for everyone in the country but pls let's help save the life of a great guy. pic.twitter.com/mGl2fAop8c
— Seyi Awolowo 🔋 (@officialseyiawo) October 13, 2022
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We lost him…. We lost our boy 💔#RIPrico #RIPricoswavey pic.twitter.com/6HfbzBN441
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— Rico Swavey 🇳🇬🇺🇸 (@iamricoswavey) October 13, 2022
This was not what we agreed Rico. Rest In Peace #ricoswavey. pic.twitter.com/W8IgiboPeA
— ALEX UNUSUAL (@alex_unusual) October 13, 2022
The actual warmest human being. This is truly heartbreaking…
Rest in Peace Rico 🙏🏾 🕊 pic.twitter.com/eSZbxMpCnK— Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (@Ebuka) October 13, 2022
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
His journey has come to an end at 29.
Pray for the family of Patrick
Fakoya, aka Rico Swavey.
The Big Brother Nigeria season 3 Housemate battled hard to stay alive but he's gone now.
He's resting now 💔. RIP Rico Swavey.
Goodbye #RicoSwavey pic.twitter.com/WSy4w2ti33— President Eniola Daniel (@UnlimitedEniola) October 13, 2022