In her statement, the mother of five has been hoping to have a male child (which is usually the case in most Nigerian homes after having a number of female births) but to greatest surprise, she got more than she had bargained for.
She stated 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.”
source:dailypost.
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