A former Big brother Naija season 3 housemate, Rico Swavey involved in a fatal accident and reportedly dead.

It was earlier reported that Rico Swavey was involved in a ghastly motor accident.

His colleague, Alex Unusual had called for prayers via the microblogging platform, Twitter.

She tweeted: “Good morning sweethearts. Please put @iamricoswavey in your prayers today. He was involved in a ghastly accident hours ago and the doctors are still trying to resuscitate him as I just left the hospital. It’s really critical. I’m staying positive.#PrayForRicoSwavey”

Unfortunately, the reality star died this morning after battling for his life.