Wahala comes to town

Family Wants Christ Embassy
Pastor To Marry Dead Daughter
The family of a 28-year-old woman, Vivian
Ndukwu, has demanded that the marriage rites of
their late daughter must be performed by a pastor
of the Christ Embassy, who has been accused of
being responsible for the pregnancy that allegedly
led to her death.
It was gathered that the 29-year-old pastor,
identified simply as Hillary, was being detained at
the State Criminal Investigations Department,
Yaba, Lagos.
He was accused by the family to have had a
secret romantic relationship with the deceased,
who was a choir member in the church.
It was said that in order to avoid scandals, the
couple decided to keep the relationship a secret.
The secret romance continued until Vivian
became pregnant.
When it became obvious that they could no longer
keep the pregnancy a secret, Vivian was said to
have agreed with Hillary that she should relocate
to Agbara town in Ogun State to stay with a
woman who had an orphanage.
Vivian allegedly told her parents that she was
going to Abuja. She stayed at the orphanage until
she was delivered of a baby girl on May 3, 2014.
It was learnt that eight days after the delivery of
the baby, Vivian was taken to a hospital after she
complained of fever and headache.
She eventually died, while her remains had been
taken to the Badagry General Hospital morgue.
The owner of the orphanage, Mrs. Grace Kato,
however, claimed that Vivian never stayed at her
place.
She said, “Vivian called me three days after the
birth of her baby. She said she wanted me to help
her with the hospital bills, that she was stranded
in the hospital. Out of compassion, I went to the
hospital to help.”
She admitted that she took Vivian home after
delivery to rest at her place for two days before
returning to her parents.
She added that Vivian, however, ended up staying
at her place for five days before she died.
She said, “I brought her to my house to rest for a
day or two before taking her to her parents. In the
process, I had to travel for my uncle’s burial. That
was why she stayed that long because she was
waiting for me to return. I came back on Saturday
night, May 10, and the next day, she complained
of a slight headache and we took her to another
hospital nearby. That was where she died.”
The hospital where Vivian was said to have died,
claimed that she was rushed to the hospital
unstable and restless.
According to a doctor in the hospital, the people
on duty stabilised her condition and referred her
to a general hospital.
The source, who preferred to remain anonymous,
said, “She was brought in on May 11, at about
1.20pm, unstable and restless. The story was that
her complaint started that morning. Her blood
pressure was also high. Being that we were not in
possession of her past medical records, we acted
based on clinical situation and referred her to a
general hospital.
“The people that brought her left and so there
was no one to take her to where she had been
referred to hours after stabilising her condition.
Several calls to the number they gave us were
replied with one story or the other. At some point,
the lady started gasping, and eventually died. It
was not until the following day that they came to
pick up her remains.”
The father of the deceased, Emmanuel Ndukwu,
told our correspondent on the telephone that the
orphanage founder had agreed with her late
daughter to take custody of the child after delivery
without the consent of the family.
He said he and his wife knew nothing about the
pregnancy, adding that his daughter left his house
and told the family that she was going to Abuja.
He said, “After telling us that she was going to
Abuja, we did not hear from her until her death.
But we later learnt that Grace (orphanage owner)
and her husband had organised a naming
ceremony for the new baby without informing us.
Emmanuel said he was not aware of the
relationship between the pastor and his daughter
until the sad incident.
He said, “My family and the pastor’s family have
met and we agreed that Hillary will perform all the
marriage rites for my late daughter according to
the tradition of our people. We are doing this
because a child is involved. The pastor did not
deny his responsibility, so the normal thing must
be done.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi
Braide, confirmed Vivian’s death and added that
the matter was still under investigation.
She said, “The matter is under investigation at the
Homicide Section of the SCID. The police is not
aware of any negotiation between the two
families.” punch
*What a sad story...now he is marrying her
corpse when he could have done the right thing
in the beginning..RIP Vivian.