The arrival
of a baby in every home heralds joy. But this was not the case for Mr.
Mudashiru Sheriffdeen of Bosun Street, Ifo in the Ifo Local Government Area of
Ogun State.
The wife,
Taiwo, was on Tuesday delivered of a baby boy who had no arms.
The baby boy,
our correspondent gathered, was born around 2pm at a private hospital, Majotal
Medical Clinic at the Ilogbo area of Ado/Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the
state.
It was
further learnt that the baby weighed 3.25 kilogrammes at birth.
The mother of
the baby told Punch correspondent that immediately she gave birth to the baby
boy, her husband took to his heels on hearing that the baby was born without
arms.
Expressing
her sadness, she said, “This is my first child and I do not know why I gave
birth to this kind of a baby.
“Immediately
my husband was informed that his son had deformity, he ran away and had not
come to see me. He is a commercial bus driver, and we had been married now for
almost two years before God decided to answer our prayers.
“When I was
pregnant, we took every steps that the doctor directed us to take, but we did
not know why we came about this calamity.”
While
pleading for assistance from well meaning Nigerians, Mrs Sheriffdeen said, “I
have been warned by both my husband and our landlord not to bring the child
home.
“The hospital
management has asked us to leave the hospital. Now, this child and I have
nowhere to go, I don’t need this baby. I want government to adopt him.”
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