The
birth of a new born baby would normally elicit joy and excitement in
people. It is more so when the mother has been longing for it without
results for years. But, the reverse was the case in a maternity centre
(name withheld) situated at Ifosan area of Ilesa, in Osun State where a
woman recently gave birth to a baby with two horns on its head.
A
tip had given Saturday Tribune photos of the strange baby, the arrival
of which caused fear and trepidation among the nurses and the
proprietress of the maternity centre. The tip also described the
hospital and the geography of its area of operation.
The
description was vivid and accurate enough for Saturday Tribune to
locate the health centre without much difficulty. Here is the maternity
centre where the baby with two horns was born. Then, there was a thick
wall of silence. Nurses on duty would neither deny nor confirm the
development. The reporter was tossed up and down and finally landed
before the proprietress of the centre. She would not talk unless her
identity and that of her hospital were protected. The reporter gave his
words.
Speaking
with Saturday Tribune during the visit on Thursday, the proprietress,
(she is called matron by her staff) said the woman who gave birth to
this deformed baby was “about 25 years old and she has been without a
child for three years.”
She
explained that “this woman lives in one of the farm settlements on the
outskirt of Ilesa. She registered for antenatal service here. So, when
she wanted to put to bed, her relatives rushed her here to deliver the
baby.
“But
we were shocked to the marrow when she eventually delivered the baby
with two horns on the head after going into labour for some hours. By
the time she was delivered of the baby, it was already dead and we had
to separate it from the placenta.
“I
have never seen such a terrible creature in my life. So, we helped to
pack the dead baby and the placenta and handed them over to them before
they left our premises. It was indeed a fearful development and we were
saddened about it.
“This
is not something we can celebrate. So, I ordered by nurses and other
attendants to keep their mouth shut over the incident. But, I am very
surprised how you people got to know about it and came here to inquire
about it. I do not want anyone to make something unnecessary out of this
or create problems for us here,” she stated.
She
would not disclose the whereabouts of the woman who delivered the
baby. “I cannot give you any details about her. Like I told you, she
lives in one of the farm settlements on the outskirts of Ilesa and I
don’t really know the area and I want you to leave me out of this
matter,” she added.
The
woman who froze when she was shown the photographs of the baby,
however, confirmed its genuineness but asked how Saturday Tribune got
them. A staff member of the clinic also showed Saturday Tribune her own
photos of the baby taken with her phone.
All efforts to locate the exact location of the baby’s mother and her identity were not successful.
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