A Nigerian, identified as Babafemi Adebayo Olorunfemi, in-law of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has died in Tucuruvi, Sao Paulo, Brazil of complications from coronavirus.
According to reports, Olorunfemi, who was married to Princess Adedoja Ogunwusi, was on the ventilator for twelve days but did not survive.
He moved to Brazil last year to settle down with his wife and two children.
In a moving viral video, his wife was heard praying and willing him back to life but he had died.
A Nigerian from Ile Ife residing in Tucuruvi Sao Paulo, Brazil, died of Coronavirus today. Watch video below 👇 pic.twitter.com/5XYeA3McwT
— EkoHotBlog (@ekohotblog) May 13, 2020
In another video posted on Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa’s Twitter page, two cousins of the deceased, Taiwo and Kehinde, who have lived in Sao Paulospoke lovingly of him and admonished Nigerians to stay safe and maintain social distancing.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1260927508205039620