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A 28-year-old Nigerian woman, Rebecca Oyedotun, has died after she slumped on the eve of her wedding day.

Rebecca and her fiancé, Abiodun Oluwadamilare, were set to wed on Saturday, August 19, 2023, in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, but she died at the hospital on Sunday, August 20.  

It was gathered that the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, graduate, and her friends were having her bridal shower ceremony on Friday, August 18, when she slumped at 10:30 pm. 

She was reportedly rushed to LAUTECH Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso, where she was revived, but her condition did not improve until she gave up the ghost in the early hours of Sunday.  

“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 our correspondent at their residence at Caretaker area, on Friday, in the presence of the father of the deceased, Evangelist Moses Oyedotun. 

She further revealed that the parents of the groom had in fact slaughtered their cow in Ogbomoso as Abiodun is their only child, not knowing that 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 was never held as the bride was never available,” the sister-in-law added.

Following his discovery with a fresh male corpse in the state’s Ado-Odo Ota region, Babatunde Kolawole, a self-described native doctor, was detained, according to the Ogun State Police Command.

The Amotekun Corps caught the suspect, who claimed he was trying to resurrect the dead, on Sunday, according to the command’s spokeswoman, SP Omolola Odutola.

The statement partly read, “The Divisional Police Officer of Ota Police Station, CSP Saleh Dahiru, has received a report and taken into custody one Babatunde Kolawole, who was caught by members of the Amotekun Corps in Ado-Odo Ota with a fresh male human corpse.

“Preliminary investigations have commenced, and although the suspect did not deny the incident, he claims to be a native doctor who was attempting to revive the deceased. However, it remains unclear how the suspect obtained the fresh corpse during the late hours of the night.

“So far, no one has come forward to claim the body, and the suspect has not revealed any information about the origin of the corpse. In order to gather more information and solve the case, the corpse was transported to the Ifo General Hospital for an autopsy.

“The Sango Ota Divisional Police Officer is urging members of the community to provide any useful information related to the incident by volunteering information.

“The community members can assist the police in their investigation and help shed light on this disturbing occurrence.”