Final Year Medical Student Who Turned Food Vendor During ASUU Strike is Dead

Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final year student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), who ventured into food selling business due to the prolonged ASUU strike, has died.

The strike has been called off.

Mr Abubakar-Rimi had opened a food outlet and Indomie joint in the Diplomat area in Sokoto.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the medical student died on Wednesday after a brief illness.

The death was confirmed to NAN on Saturday by the Chairman of 21st Century Entrepreneur Hub, Umar Idris, a close associate of the deceased.

Mr Idris said the deceased had been buried according to Islamic rites in his hometown, Rimi, in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State.

He described the deceased as a humble person and a dedicated student and entrepreneur.