A final year student Oluomachi Nwojo, took delivery of five babies at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State.
The 24-year-old, Nwojo who is studying at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, is now calling on the government and members of the public to come to her aid in raising the quintuplets made up of two baby boys and three girls. She took her delivery through a caesarean section onMonday night and all are doing well.
“This is my first delivery and I am grateful to God for making me a partaker of this wonderful blessing,” she said
“I believe God knows the best for my children; I am feeling fine and gradually recuperating from the birth of my babies.
“I am calling on the government and good spirited individuals to help me in training the babies because I cannot carry the burden alone.
“At this stage I need assistance to buy milk and other necessities for the babies,’’ she said.
Speaking on the births the FMC director of protocol, Mr Darlington Madubuko said: “The hospital records more than 50 multiple births annually and our staff are well trained to successfully handle such cases.
“We have had quadruplets before now, but this is the first time the hospital is recording the birth of quintuplets in the recent past.
“The two male babies are in the neo-natal unit of the hospital receiving treatment and the three female babies are with their mother in the postnatal ward.’’
