by Adeola Balogun

A newlywed woman has lost her life to Cholera after reportedly contracting the disease from a contaminated local meal.

The woman, one Blessing, died yesterday in Yaba, Lagos State after partaking in Abacha, a popular delicacy of the Igbo tribe.

Blessing’s premature death hit even harder because she had reportedly just gotten married two months before the sad incident.

PM News reports:

Doctors in the hospital had been battling to save her life since last Thursday when she contracted the disease.

The deathof Blessing brings to four the reported number of people that have died of cholera since the outbreak of the disease in Lagos two weeks ago.

Blessing was said to have been admitted for cholera at the military hospital along with another victim who survived.

A source close to the deceased, who was in shock told P.M.NEWS that Blessing got married in September, 2013 and lost her life less than two months later to cholera.

The deceased was said to have eaten Abacha last Thursday night. It was bought by her husband, who did not know that the government had identified Abacha as one of the local salad cholera could be contracted from.

The two of them ate the salad but only the wife contracted cholera and died, while the husband has no trace of the disease.

It was gathered that after eating the salad, the couple went to bed and at about 2 a.m., Blessing was said to have suddenly woken up and started vomiting and stooling several times before day break.

She was rushed to a hospital in the area and when the case was becoming critical, she was taken to the Military Hospital, Yaba for proper attention.