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Sunday, September 2, 2012
Husband Absconds As Wife Gives Birth To Quadrupulets After Five Girls
A 35-year-old woman, Iyabo Oladunni, a mother of five girls, is in a quandry as her husband is nowhere to be found after she gave birth to a set of quadruplets on the evening of Friday, August 24, 2012 at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
Iyabo, who lives 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 thequadruplets said that her aim andhope of having another baby after the five girls was so she could have a male child but to herbewilderment, nature gave her more than she bargained for.
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 in Lagos. The second girl, who is 8 years 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, agedthreeyearshasnotstartedschooling.
In her reaction to the birth of the babies, Iyabo has this to say, “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 father of the quadruplets, Olayemi, took to his heels immediately he had an inkling a day to his her 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 alsotold 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 doI take the four babies to?’”
She, however, pleaded with her husband wherever he is to returnhome so that they can jointly takecare of the babies, even as she called on the Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, to come to her aid and that of the babies in whatever ways he deems fit. She also appealed to good spirited Nigerians 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 thatit was pregnancy and I told her that she should go and register ina 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. Healso 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’tquestion him, but my major concern is how to take care of these blessings because it’s not a one-man responsibility.”
While wishing the Oladunnis a big congratulations for this bountiful blessings of joy, I also implore NGOs and philanthropic Nigerians to come to the aid of this family by empowering them in a more profitable business andmaybe, scholarship to the children. Also, word of advice to couples who are not satisfied with the sex(es) of their children, God does not make mistakes therefore if he gives you only male or female children, thank him for it because it is for a reason.
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