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- Rico Swavey was a contestant connected the 3rd play of Big Brother Naija
- He was progressive successful a fatal roadworthy mishap successful the metropolis of Lagos
- Rico, calved Patrick Fakoya, was pursuing a vocation successful euphony astatine the clip of his death.
“We mislaid him… We mislaid our boy,” tweeted the verified Twitter relationship belonging to Rico Swavey, the Nigerian lawyer who competed connected Big Brother Naija (fka Big Brother Nigeria). The 29-year-old was calved Patrick Fakoya passed away connected Oct. 13, according to the account. Following the quality of his death, Rico’s chap BBNaija star Alex Unusual tweeted, “This was not what we agreed, Rico. Rest In Peace.”
Many flocked online to stock their condolences, which resulted successful #RIPRicoSwavey trending connected Twitter. “Rico Swavey’s decease is genuinely heartbreaking, judging by what radical accidental astir him [you] tin archer he’s a beauteous soul,” tweeted Twitter adviser/influencer Daniel Regha. “What a loss. My deepest condolences to his grieving family. May God fortify ’em & assistance ’em flooded this irreplaceable loss. RIP Rico. Gone but not forgotten…”
Here’s what you request to cognize astir Rico.
He Was Involved In A ‘Ghastly’ Accident
Alex Asogwa, aka Alex Unusual, archetypal tweeted the quality that Rico was progressive successful an mishap connected Tuesday (Oct. 11), according to Legit. “Good greeting sweethearts. Please enactment @iamricoswavey successful your prayers today. He was progressive successful a ghastly mishap hours agone and the doctors are inactive trying to resuscitate him arsenic I conscionable near the hospital. It’s truly critical. I’m staying positive.#PrayForRicoSwavey.”
The details of the mishap are unclear astatine the clip of this post’s publication. His authoritative Twitter relationship showed a video supposedly of the car helium was successful pursuing the crash.
— Rico Swavey 🇳🇬🇺🇸 (@iamricoswavey) October 12, 2022
Rico Swavey Had A Background In Law
Born Patrick Fakoya successful 1992, helium grew up with 7 siblings, according to the Nigerian work Punch. Though Rico Swavey is champion known for his clip connected BBNaija, Patrick had a past successful the ineligible world, having obtained his instrumentality grade from Babcock University successful lishan-Remo, Nigeria.
He Loved Music
Patrick adopted the Rico Swavey moniker arsenic a signifier sanction truthful helium could prosecute his emotion of music. In 2022, helium released a caller song, “BOY AFFI,” the archetypal since the 2 solo tracks helium enactment retired successful 2021 (“THIS LIFE,” and “Nacho Cruise”) and “Nobody,” his collab with The Beat Prince. His Instagram bio listed that helium was an “UNSIGNED” performer, but with a 4th of a cardinal followers, helium intelligibly had a devout fanbase.
He Made It Far In ‘BBNaija’
Rico was evicted connected Day 70 of BBNaija’s season 3, making it 10 weeks successful the household. While this meant helium finished ninth place, 20 competitors went into the location that season, meaning that helium outlasted much than fractional of them. Miracle Ikechukwu Igbokwe yet won the season.
He Left A Positive Impact On His Fellow ‘Big Brother’ Stars
“We mislaid him,” tweeted BBNaija competitor Tobi Bakre, who included a photograph of a laughing Rico. “This is however I volition ever retrieve you. Rest successful bid my brother,” Tobi captioned the picture. Host and erstwhile housemate Ebuka Obi-Uchendu tweeted a brace of photos of him with Rico. “The existent warmest quality being. This is genuinely heartbreaking…Rest successful Peace, Rico.”
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