A Nigerian man, Yahaya Nafiu, has cried out for help after his 54-year-old wife delivered 11 babies following an extraordinary pregnancy that lasted over three years.
His wife identified as Alake Latoyosi delivered 11 babies in two batches within the space of seven days in Cotonou, Benin Republic. According to the woman’s husband, the first set of six arrived on August 7, while the second arrived seven days later, on August 14, 2024.
Nafiu, the Missioner of Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) in Port Novo, Ajasse, and Cotonou in the neighboring West African country, said a birth attendant took the delivery of the babies on the two occasions.
The decuplets consisted of eight males and three females, but two girls didn’t make it through delivery.
The father, who is 56 years old, stated that the remaining nine babies are hale and hearty but meeting the huge financial cost of caring for them and their mother has become a huge problem.
Nafiu made this known while sending home a passionate appeal for financial assistance from well-meaning Nigerians.
He said, “A few days after the delivery of the first set of children, my wife said she felt strange movements in her stomach. After a scan was carried out at the hospital, the doctor revealed that she was carrying another set of children, which led them to contact the initial birth attendant, and the next set of five babies was delivered”.
He added that the wife carried the pregnancy for three years before delivery.
Even the doctors’ attempts to perform a Caesarean section (CS) failed because they couldn’t determine the baby’s position, causing the husband to believe that an evil spiritual influence was affecting the doctors.
Meanwhile, Nafiu revealed that he had many children before the arrival of the decuplets, while his wife also had children from her previous marriage.
See the photo of the first set of babies below:
