“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…”
Those were the only words Mr. Musa Andrew could mutter while standing perplexed and resting on the wall of Saint Daniels Hospital, Otukpo. 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, Mrs Ene Musa Andrew had just given birth to a joined twin through cesarean operation.
It was gathered that the parents of the Siamese twin were astonished at the birth of what they described as a “strange being”.
According to them, there had never been any trace of abnormality in their lineage and would always wonder why such could happen. The Proprietor of Saint Daniels Hospital Otukpo, Dr. M.O. Daniel disclosed that theSiamese twin have four hands, three legs, two heads, two chests, two noses and
possess 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 counseling 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 meager salaries as civil servants and cannot 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
