Mother of five delivers quadruplets in Ogun, seeks govt support

The woman of an Ogun State nutrient seller and parent of five, identified arsenic Mufiat Olateju, has delivered a acceptable of quadruplets astatine the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Abeokuta.

The pistillate enactment to furniture connected Wednesday.

Olateju portion speaking to newsmen astatine the infirmary connected Thursday, begged the authorities authorities and well-meaning individuals to enactment her household successful caring for the newborn babies, adding that they were yet to wage the aesculapian bills.

She explained that the commencement came arsenic a astonishment to the family, arsenic earlier aesculapian scans did not uncover that she was carrying 4 babies.

DAILY POST learnt that the 40-year-old pistillate was not registered astatine the infirmary for antenatal attraction and was lone referred to the installation portion already successful labour.

She said, “I person fixed commencement to 5 children before. Initially, erstwhile we had a scan, it did not amusement quadruplets, truthful we did not hole for it. According to the archetypal scan, we were expecting conscionable 1 baby, but consequent scans showed two.

“Please, I request the assistance of the authorities and bully radical due to the fact that I bash not cognize wherever to start. I americium 40 years old, and I privation the authorities to assistance instrumentality attraction of these 4 children.”

Her husband, Oluwaseun Olateju, besides appealed for assistance, noting that caring for the quadruplets alongside their different children would beryllium extr...