According to Leadership Weekend,
tragedy struck in Effurun, near Warri, Delta State on Thursday, when a
bride-to-be, Ejiro (a graduate of chemistry from the University of Benin
(UNIBEN), died in her sleep, two days to her wedding.
She had her traditional marriage on Wednesday and had complained
after the marriage of slight headache to her parents who told her to
take some medications.Prior to her traditional marriage, Ejiro had big issues with her mother in law to be.
Ejiro’s fiancee, a medical doctor, had reportedly been having running
battles with his parents especially his mother, who allegedly described
Ejiro to be saucy and disrespectful vowing to frustrate the marriage.
On several occasions, the woman was said to have discouraged her son
from marrying Ejiro, she allegedly vowed to make life unbearable for
Ejiro.
Sources had it that Ejiro’s parents were pressured to cancel the
wedding, especially as it was clear that the groom’s mother was not in
support of it, but went ahead after Ejiro threatened to kill herself if
she were not allowed to marry the doctor. As a result of which the
traditional marriage was done amid disagreements.
However on Thursday night after the wedding, Ejiro allegedly started
talking more than usual and created panic among her family members, who
rushed her to a nearby church, where the pastor prayed for her. Only for
her to later die that same night…..smh
