A 54-year-old Nigerian woman Alake Latoyosi who carries pregnancy which lasted over three years has delivered 11 babies in Cotonou, Benin Republic, delivery which occurred in two batches of a week interval.
Penpushing reports that a birth attendant took delivery of the babies consisting of eight males and three females, but two of the girls died during delivery, with first batch coming on August 7, and second batch recorded of August 14, 2024
The father of the babies Yahaya Nafiu who is a Missioner of Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) in Port Novo, Ajasse, and Cotonou in the neighbouring West African country, is now seeking for financial support to take care of both mother and children
Penpushing further reports that 56-year-old father, affirmed that the remaining nine of the babies are hale and hearty, pleading that he struggled to meet the huge financial cost of caring for them and their mother.
“A few days after the delivery of the first set of children, my wife said she felt strange movements in her stomach. After a scan was carried out at the hospital, the Doctor revealed that she was carrying another set of children, which led them to contact the initial birth attendant, and the next set of five babies was delivered”, Nafiu said.
Penpushing also reports that the father stated that the pregnancy lasted over three years before the delivery, adding that the hospital could not ascertain the pregnancy position of his wife, resulting in the Doctors being unable to carry out a Caesarian operation.
The Islamic Missioner, however, attributed the experience to an evil spiritual influence on the Doctors, explaining that he had many children before the arrival of the decuplets, while his wife also had children from her previous marriage.
Penpushing reports that Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) National President, Abdulmumini Abdulmalik, speaking on the development affirmed that Nafiu hails from Onikeke Compound in the Popo Giwa area of Ilorin.
“History is repeating itself in Ilorin. A few years after the end of World War 1, about a century ago, history was made in Ilorin when a woman gave birth to decuplets (10 babies at a single birth)’, Abdulmalik said.
Penpushing further reports that Abdulmalik pointed out that the location of the first recorded case became loosely known as Ita Goma, the arena of decuplets, expressing delight that an Ilorin indigene in the diaspora was again blessed with decuplets.
“While welcoming the decuplets and congratulating the parents on this uncommon blessing, we rejoice with Mai Martaba, the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, during whose reign this glorious history of an Ilorin indigene having decuplets repeating self”, he added.
Penpushing also reports that Abdulmalik appealed to the government and individuals in the Ilorin Emirate to support the family financially so that they could care for the newborns and their mother.
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