Tragedy struck in Ogbomoso, Oyo State as a 28-year-old lady identified as Rebecca Oyedotun, died after she slumped on the eve of her wedding day.
Rebecca and Abiodun Oluwadamilare, were set have their nuptial tie on Saturday, August 19, 2023, in Ogbomosho, Oyo State but unfortunately, she died at the hospital on Sunday, August 20.
Rebecca, a Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, graduate, and her friends were reported to be her bridal shower ceremony on Friday, August 18, when she slumped at 10:30pm.
According to reports, Rebecca was rushed to LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso where she was revived but her condition later got worse leading to her death in the early hours of Sunday.
Her prospective sister in law while narrating how it happened to news medium, Ogbomoso Online said:
“Everything was set by Friday, the cows had been slaughtered and the meat fried, every necessary preparation was made, there were a lot of people coming and going to rejoice with us, the groom and his people had come from Abeokuta”.
She tearfully revealed how the parents of the groom slaughtered their cow in Ogbomoso, as Abiodun is their only child, not knowing that the day of you will turn to sadness.
“We had bought ewedu to be used, ingredients had been ground, and in the morning of Saturday, amala (yam flour paste) was made, rice was ready, the venues were set, but the ceremony was never held as the bride was never available,” the sister-in-law added.
Rebecca’s Father Evangelist Oyedotun of C&S Reformed Church, Isale-High School area, while narrating the unfortunate incident said:
“Everything was going on perfectly until about 10:30p.m. Friday when she with her friends were having the bridal shower ceremony and she reportedly slumped,” the grieving father said.
“We quickly took her to LAUTECH Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso. After some time she was revived and she appeared stable and by dawn of Saturday, a nurse told us quoting a doctor that she would be briefly discharged to attend the ceremony to sign the marriage documents and be returned to continue the treatment,” Oyedotun narrated.
“But then her condition deteriorated again and so she was confined to the bed. We even were required to take her to Bowen University Teaching Hospital for some tests which we promptly did. Her husband who on learning fainted and was later anxiously crying, ‘Let me take her away.’ We were in the hospital throughout that Saturday.”
He said her condition did not improve until she died on Sunday morning.
