The Nigerian community in the United Kingdom (UK) has been thrown into mourning following the demise of a Nigerian Master’s degree graduate in Business and Management from the University of Plymouth, identified simply as Hammed.
Naijaonpoint learnt that the 36-year-old from Lagos, whose hometown is Ayete in Oyo State, died in the UK after his health deteriorated suddenly from advanced cancer.
According to Punch, Mohammed Chaanda for Piety Mosque, and one Mariam Ajibola, announced Hammed’s demise through a GoFundMe appeal created initially to seek support for the deceased’s medical care and was later updated to solicit funds for his burial.
The organisers said Hammed, the youngest of four children, travelled to the UK last September to begin a Master’s degree.
Despite a cancer diagnosis earlier this year, the organisers said he pushed through the physical and emotional strain to complete his programme, but his condition worsened rapidly in recent weeks.
The organisers also noted that efforts to fly him back to Nigeria so he could spend his final days with family were abandoned after doctors declared him medically unfit to travel.
With no possibility of repatriating his remains, the organisers appealed for support to give him a dignified burial in the UK.
The appeal stated, “We are raising funds to give Hammed a dignified burial,” adding that every contribution would help honour his life and ease the burden on his grieving family.
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