Conjoined Twins Delivered In Otukpo, Benue Btate

 

Mrs Ene Musa Andrew gave birth to a joined twins through caesarean operation in saint Daniel Hospital otukpo, Benue - State.

Mr Musa Andrew the father of the conjoined twins said, “There has never been any trace of this unfortunate and mysterious incident in either my family or my wife’s lineage. I have only read or seen it happening in the western world as reported in newspapers and televisions, but never imagined it was coming to my domain…”

Mr. Andrew, a Corporal with the Nigerian Police Force, Otukpo division could not believe what he saw when he was called upon by the hospital authority on Thursday, 1st August to make himself available at the maternity ward, where his wife,.
The Proprietor of Saint Daniels Hospital Otukpo, Dr. M.O. Daniel disclosed that the Siamese twin have four hands, three legs, two heads, two chests, two noses and posses the same pelvic girdle but joined together at the abdominal region with a shared female organ, with one having a healthy nutrient of surviving than the other.

Dr. Daniel further disclosed that the twins were eating well but it would be semblance situation if the parents were not kin at their treatment because it would require high-tech surgical operation outside Benue State. The parents were also told that a lot of medical skills, energies and prayers were the only way out.

“I have been encouraging and counselling the parents not to be discouraged or feel bad because these are living beings created and designed by Almighty God”, he added.

Dr. Daniel therefore called upon the government, philanthropists, well wishers, non-governmental organizations, motherless baby homes, Pastors, Imams and all well-meaning Nigerians to help the parents with the needed fund for an advanced operation at UNTH Enugu, National Hospital Abuja, Indian or South-African Hospitals, where urgent and successful surgery could be carried out on the Siamese twins.

The parents of the twins who live at No. 4, Jerusalem Street, Otukpo, Benue State also cried out to Nigerians to come to their help and save the twins. According to them, they have two other kids whom they take care of with their meagre salaries as civil servants and cannot not afford to foot the surgery of the Siamese twins which requires a huge amount.

Meanwhile, the Executive Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Council, Dr. Innocent Onuh paid a visit to the hospital in the early hours of yesterday (Monday) where he met with the parents of the twins. While identifying with the parents, Dr. Onuh urged them not to see the Siamese twins as monsters or bad omen to the family, but rather as human beings from the Almighty.