Daniel Anokwuru
The period of wedding is usually a time of temptations. It is a time when couples are faced with different trials and travails. Challenges during wedding ceremonies have broken the home of many, who couldn’t stand the test of time.
There have been instances where either the bride, groom, or both lose their lives on their way to the wedding ceremony, while others have been reported dead in mysterious ways after their wedding ceremony.
Such is the calamity that has befallen two lovebirds, Mr. Eddie Efeson and his love, Rachael Preweri. In fact, the tragedy that befell the couple is enough to put asunder to what God has joined together.
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They faced serious challenges since the day they fixed the date of their wedding ceremony. However, in the midst of their tribulations, they are still united stronger in love.
According to Mr. Efeson, the first challenge was an accident he had just the week he announced the date of their wedding. The second was the death of his father in-law, just seven days to their traditional and court wedding, which was held in Lagos on Saturday, September 21, 2019. The devastated groom said that the death of his father in-law, Mr. Frank Perewari, from Fangbe, in Southern Ijaw Local Government, in Bayelsa State, could have stopped their wedding ceremony, but his in-laws decided to deposit the corpse in the mortuary after much dialogue, to enable them to do their wedding first.
The couple which ordinarily should have embarked on a honeymoon immediately after their wedding, were busy preparing for the burial ceremony of their late father. But as if their travails were not yet enough, just a day after the burial of his father in-law, Efeson lost his own father.
Speaking on his journey so far, he said it was a challenging and trying period for them, because everything was happening at once. He said the news of his father’s death, Engineer Ambrose Ihensekhien, from Igueben Local Government Area of Esan, in Edo State, was like a shock to them because he was very healthy. He said his father, who worked with Figo Glass Company in Delta State as a Co-End Manager of the company died, died at the age of 70, while his father in-law was75 when he died.
The graduate of Microbiology from University of Port Harcourt, (UNIPORT), said his father in-law was a retired naval officer and a very nice man to all of them.
According to him, all happened like a movie, although he had gotten the revelations in a dream, as the events were unfolding.
He said: “My wedding was on September 24, 2019. My father in-law died just a week to my wedding. I had traveled to Delta to make some arrangements. I was inside a commercial bus, coming back to Lagos when I saw a corpse. I was telling the guy sitting beside me in the bus if he was not seeing the corpse. He thought I was insane and told me to stay away from him. It was inside Agofure bus. When I arrived in Lagos my wife told me that her father had died. It dawned on me that it was the revelation I saw in the bus. It happened just seven days to our traditional and court marriage. Both families were very devastated. My wife was in serious pain. She cried for days, I was the one consoling her. They wanted to postpone the wedding, but latter said we should celebrate it first while they put the corpse in the mortuary. After our wedding, arrangements were made and he was buried on November 1, 2019.
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“The next day, we received the news of my own father’s death. It was a serious shock for us because his health was not that bad. It was a double tragedy for the families. We were supposed to be celebrating our honeymoon, but God knows why.
“We have tried to be strong. We have spent a lot too. You know what it means doing both traditional rites and court marriage the same time. When I received the news, I cried for days. My wife was now the one consoling me. We have deposited the corpse in the mortuary. We have to plan and arrange things. My elder brother’s wedding has been fixed for coming December. So, probably the burial will be after his wedding.”
Efeson also said that his parents were not able to attend their wedding because his mother was taking care of his father before he finally died.
His wife he said that she is currently in shock and pain.
