Nigerian Doctor Who Treated Wounded #EndSARS Protesters Has Reportedly Died From Coronavirus
Some Nigerian Twitter users have taken to the platform to mourn a young Nigerian doctor who died from Coronavirus. The late doctor identified as Dr. Val is said to be one of the doctors who treated injured protesters from the Lekki toll gate shooting on 0ctober 20.
A Twitter user with the handle @Comradextian1 shared the news which has now been corroborated by Dr Val’s colleagues and friends; all of whom took to their respective Twitter handles to mourn the sad loss.
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@Comradextian1 wrote:
“My friend and brother Dr. Val… Helping out during the end sars protest… But it’s so so sad Dr. Val is gone.”
Dr Val had tweeted about his aspiration on his Twitter page in August. He wrote:
“I’m gonna be an awesome mad ass Surgeon.. I’m gonna train myself like an athlete.. Train myself to beat record time.
Do surgery effortlessly in minimal time spent.
My skills would be second to none with 99% success rate. This on God I promise.. So help me God.”
Some of Dr val’s colleagues and other social media influencers also took to Twitter to mourn him. See tweets below;
@Aproko Doctor wrote:
”Rest in Peace Dr Val
COVID19 took you from us but it can’t erase your memories.You were fit as a fiddle.
You live on in our hearts.Rest on brother. Rest on.”
@OurFavOnlineDoc Dr Olufunmilayo wrote:
”A young medical doctor
@ehival has died from Covid19. This is very sad and heartbreaking.
Another Doctor, Akinola wrote:
Covid is real …Val took care of Endsars protesters ..now fought for his Life n died fighting …rest on soldier @ehival
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God rest your soul .
Another friend of the late doctor wrote:
I just received the sad news of the sudden demise of @ehival
due to Covid19. Jeez! He was such a promising young Doctor. May he continue to rest on.
Doctor Val had weeks ago shared a video of himself treating some of the protesters shot at the Lekki toll gate during the EndSARS protests.
Watch the video below:
Guys soldiers are killing youths in lekki.. Just llok at this guy.. Se whzt they did to him.. #BuhariResignNow#endsars pic.twitter.com/NtJLblR1RG
— RIP JIMOH #ENDSARZNOW (@ehival) October 21, 2020