A man named Ogoegbunam Emmanuel Nwolisa, who disguised as a woman, has reportedly died days before his church wedding.
The man reportedly changed his look and identity to a woman named Emmanuelle Adaolisa.
He disguised himself as a female member of St John the Baptist Catholic Rumuolumeni, Rivers State for a long time in order to wed his male partner.
He almost succeeded at carrying out his plans to marry his male partner, albeit deceitfully, until his death in a tricycle accident on 31 January, when his real identity was revealed at the morgue.
The accident involving a tricycle he was in, allegedly occurred at Aka road opposite Liverpool Supermarket, Rumuolumeni, while Emmanuel was on his way home from the church.
The story, which has gone viral, is eliciting reactions from many Nigerians.
Until his death, Emmanuel was not only known as a female chorister of the church but was also a committed member who serenaded the church with his mellifluous voice.
It was also alleged that Emmanuel had already done the traditional wedding and was already making plans to be married to his partner.
Unknown to the church, the beautiful member who was very popular was male, which has shocked the members of the church.
A lady identified as Winnie Omuboba Morganson, who said she witnessed the accident, also confirmed the story.
She said: “Very true! I was there at the accident scene! She lives in our street in Aker road! We all know him as female even with a tender man’s voice.
“She has a pharmacy, lives in a two bedroom apartment alone and recently bought a Sienna car.
“I got home almost 11pm because the police that came refused taking her corpse. We waited. The Catholic Church sent their Women fellowship bus to pick the diseased before we left!
“He was deposited as a woman but the mortuary attended later called the priest and ask again, he said he was a woman, not until they told father he was a man. His name is Emmanuel but he changed it to Emmanuella. He was from Anambra State.”
In 2021, he stopped posting via his Facebook account and created a new identity.
The trained pharmacist changed his identity and started living as a woman with the Facebook username Emmanelle Adaolisa.
Her male identity and Facebook account as a man has now been uncovered.
Those who knew Emmanuel before he transitioned to a woman said he acted in a feminine manner, loved to dance like a woman, and sang in a high-pitched voice like a woman. This made it hard for those who knew him as a woman to suspect anything was amiss.
The man who was set to wed the deceased has reportedly denied knowing Emmanelle’s original gender.