The News:
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 10:30p.m. 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 ogbomoso Online 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 10:30p.m. Friday when she with her friends were having the bridal shower ceremony and she reportedly slumped.