#RIPMayowa: Cancer patient, Mayowa Ahmed, is dead

Ovarian cancer patient, Mayowa Ahmed, has died at a hospital in South Africa where she was receiving treatment.

The sad news was broken by one of her relations on Twitter on Sunday.

An online #SaveMayowa campaign to raise funds for her treatment became the subject of controversy after Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu, accused the patient’s family of scamming Nigerians.

The allegation escalated after popular blogger, Linda Ikeji, published a story which also labelled the crowdfunding campaign a scam.

It took the intervention of the police to resolve the controversy, after which Mayowa was able to finally travel to South Africa.