Saturday August 19 was a day Rebecca Oyedotun, would have been one of her happiest day in life, the day every member of her family have been praying to witness, a day when she would have tied the nutpial knot with the man she chose to spend the rest of her life with but alas her dream of marriage did not come to pass.
Everything was already in place, Virtually all arrangements have been concluded, some members of the groom family from have arrived Ogbomoso waiting for Saturday when their son Abiodun Oluwadamilare would be joined together with Rebecca Oyedotun as husband and wife but the unexpected happened.
At about 10:30pm on Friday when
the 28 year-old Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger state graduate and her friends were having the bridal shower ceremony and she reportedly slumped and was rushed to LAUTECH Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso she was revived and but her condition did not did not stable until she gave up the host Sunday morning.
“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,” a sister-in-law of the deceased, who did not however mention her name, told ogbomosoinsightonline.com at their residence at Caretaker area, on Wednesday, in the presence of the father of the deceased, Evangelist Moses Oyedotun.
She further informed that the parents of the groom in fact had slaughtered their cow in Ogbomoso, Abiodun is their only child, excitement filled the air, not knowing tragedy was ominously lurking in the corner.
“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 never held as the bride was never available,” the sister-in-law bemoaned.
Father of the deceased, Evangelist Oyedotun of C&S Reformed Church, Isale-High School area who managed to explained how it happened said “everything was going on perfectly until about 10:30pm Friday when she with her friends were having the bridal shower ceremony and she reportedly slumped.
“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 informed.
“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.”
Her condition did not improve until she gave up the host Sunday morning.
It was learnt many guests who never got wind of the development were already in the church Saturday to witness the event and rejoice with the couple “only to meet the church empty.”
The 28 year-old Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger state graduate, was said to have served in Lagos state where she alter secured a job and working there until her mysterious death.
She was described as a gentle, easy-going lady, who was devoted to the service of God.
I can’t fathom it. Lord God Almighty please comfort and console all the bereaved. Amen.