New Year tragedy: Girl, 22, slumps, dies giving testimony in church

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha  

Worshippers at St. John Anglican Church, Ndegwu in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State were thrown into panic on New Year’s Day when a member collapsed and died.

The woman, Ifeoma Anozie, died  had returned from Lagos to celebrate the yuletide with her kinsmen, collapsed and died in the church after giving her testimony of a good year.

The late Ifeoma had gone to St. John’s Anglican Church, Ndegwu with her family to thank God, but collapsed and died while trying to share her testimony of the outgone year with the rest of the congregation.



An eyewitness who doesn't want to be named, said the deceased who was based in Lagos, came back home primarily to testify her achievements of last year before the tragedy. He said the young woman had hardly began her testimony and that after singing praises, she slumped and died right in front of the officiating clergy and the congregation, throwing the entire church into confusion. “It is a big tragedy for us at Ndegwu, the young woman was a promising individual, we don’t know exactly what caused her death, but we shall get to the bottom of it,” he said.

Meanwhile, the body has been deposited at the mortuary. Efforts to talk to the Anozie family at press time were not fruitful

So sad and may her soul RIP