Woman collapses and dies while giving testimony in church

Tragedy struck in Umuogwuta, Ndegwu, Owerri West local council area of Imo State, as a lady who was giving her testimony during the New Year service suddenly collapsed and died.

A villager, who spoke to Vanguard on ground of anonymity, said: "The Lagos-based lady, Ifeoma Anozie, collapsed and died while giving her testimony inside Saint John's Anglican Church, Ndegwu."

Vanguard also gathered that Ifeoma returned to her country home not to only give testimony about her achievements in the passing year, but also felicitate with her kith and kin.

"The lady had hardly commenced her testimony when she suddenly slumped and died in front of the officiating cleric and left the congregation completely perplexed," the villager said.

Speaking also on the issue, a woman who simply identified herself as Felicia, lamented that what ordinarily should have been a double celebration for the Anozie family suddenly turned sour.

"The church service was designed to be a double celebration for the Anozie family. It, however, turned out to be a tragedy for the family, the church and Ndegwu community," Felicia lamented.

Other villagers that also spoke to Vanguard, said ifeoma was a very promising young lady but none could guess she would die untimely.

Although Vanguard could not ascertain the cause of death at press time, as no member of the immediate family could be reached for comments.

However, the remains of the lady had been deposited in an undisclosed hospital morgue.