"Children are the heritage of
God and blessed is the man that his quiver is full of them,” says the Holy
book, but not in the situation of 35-year-old Iyabo Oladunni, a mother of five
girls who was blessed with a set of quadruplets at 5:14pm on Friday 24, 2012 at
the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan .
Iyabo, who live in Ijaye Orile near
Ibadan, Oyo State, with her husband, Olayemi Oladunni, is a tailor by
profession, while her husband is a welder.
The mother of five girls before the
birth of the quadruplets said that her aim and hope of having another baby
after the five girls was to have a boy. But to her amazement, God gave her more
than she requested and expected.
Moreover, Iyabo Oladunni said that
the eldest of the first five girls, who is now 12 years old, lives with her
father’s younger brother at Lagos. The second girl, 8-year-old, is presently in
Nursery 3 in a school in Ijaye; the third born, a set of twins, are in Nursery
1 and the fifth girl, aged three years has not started schooling.
When asked how she feels about the
birth of the babies, Iyabo said “I have mixed feelings about their deliveries.
I’m partly happy and partly sad. I’m happy because I have a male which is my
desire among the four children, and sad because I don’t have the wherewithal to
take care of them in a rented room where we live.”
According to Iyabo, although the
couple were both desirous to have a male child, it was amazing that her husband
and the father of the quadruplets, Olayemi, took to his heels immediately he
had an inkling a day to his wife’s delivery.
Recounting her husband's reaction
when he heard she was carrying four babies in her womb, Iyabo said “after a
scan was carried out in the month of March this year, and it showed there were
four babies in my womb, I was afraid and started crying.
'"But the doctor who did the ultrasound
test encouraged me to pray to God for assistance instead of weeping. The man
also told me that God, who put them there, will definitely take care of them.
When I got home after the scan, I told my husband about it and he kept asking
me 'where do I take the four babies to?'"
She, however, pleaded with her
husband wherever he is that he should return home so that they can jointly take
care of the babies, even as she called on the Oyo State governor, Senator
Abiola Ajimobi, to come to the aid of the babies in whatever ways he deems fit.
She also appealed to Nigerians generally to come to her rescue.
According to the pastor of the
Oladunnis, Evangelist Olawumi Abiola of Emmanuel Anglican Church, Ijaye Orile,
Akinyele Local Government, Ibadan, “Mrs. Iyabo Oladunni started complaining of
stomach pain for a very long time and had used some medications. When she told
me that the pain persisted, I persuaded her to undergo a medical test in order
to get to the root of the stomach pain.
After the test, she discovered that
it was pregnancy and I told her that she should go and register in a hospital
outside Ijaye. She obeyed and came to register at Adeoyo State Hospital. I
can’t afford to lose her as I lost another member of the church about two years
ago.”
Evangelist Abiola also spoke about
the committment of the Oladunnis, especially the wife owing to the fact that
women are generally committed to the work of God. He also expressed his
gratitude to God for keeping the four babies and their mothers alive. "I
implore Nigerians to come to our aid, most especially considering the future of
these children. The responsibility cannot be carried by an individual more so
that the parents live in a village; there is no money in the village.”
Also speaking, the mother-in-law,
Madam Moyiola Oladunni, said, “I’m very happy for this miraculous work of God.
When God gives me this blessing, I can’t question him, but my major concern is
how to take care of these blessings because it’s not a one-man responsibility.”
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