Nigerian PhD Student Chukwudi Ogbueche-Ifediora Dies In UK As Another Dies 24 Hours After Arriving For Postgraduate Studies
A Nigerian physiotherapist and PhD student, Chukwudi Ogbueche-Ifediora, has died in the United Kingdom.
His brother, @DedeUmuahia, disclosed this on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, following reports about another Nigerian, Saheed Wahab, who died 24 hours after arriving in the UK for postgraduate studies.
“Sad to say my brother is on this list @IfedioraChuddy’s body is yet to be conveyed back to his home country. Like my dad said “if the country is good, tell me why we would have to go fend in another man’s land??,” Dede wrote.
Late Chukwudi, was until his death, a PhD student of Glasgow Caledonian University.
Meanwhile, Saheed Wahab, a Nigerian man reportedly died a day after moving to the United Kingdom to pursue his master’s degree.
Wahab, who reportedly hailed from Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, began his studies at Teesside University in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2024, and died on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, according to Nigerians in the UK Community.
“Following the sad news we received regarding the death of Mr Saheed Wahab, a student at Teesside University who died a day after arriving in the United Kingdom from Nigeria,” Nigerians in the UK Community wrote on its social media handle.
“He was here to start an MSc qualification, but unfortunately he died on Tuesday (16th January) afternoon in Teesside.
