A set of conjoined twins were delivered by a housewife, Ene Musa Andrew, at the St. Daniels hospital, Otukpo, Benue state and the incident has thrown the people of Jerusalem street, in Otukpo Local Government into panic, as there has been no incident of this mysterious birth in any part of the various communities of the local government.
According to sources, it was gathered that the incident occurred last Monday , as the twins were delivered through cesarean operation, joined by the pelvic girdle, the twins posses four hands, three legs, two heads, two chests and noses.
The Siamese twins are still in the hospital as no one as come for assistance in their plight.
Leadership News reports:
There has never been any incident of this mysterious birth in any part of the various communities of the local government. Otukpo is the ancestral home of the Idoma nation, a minority tribe in the agrarian state.
The proprietor of St. Daniels Hospital, Dr. M. O Daniel, said that the twins are joined together at the abdominal region with a shared female organ, with one having a healthy traces of surviving than the other.
He stated that the twins were eating well but it may result to complications if an urgent high-tech operation is not carried out outside the state and appealed to government agencies, philanthropists and religious institutions to come to the aid of the parents.
Mr. Andrew Musa, a corporal with the Nigeria Police currently serving with the Otukpo division is the father of the joined twins. He said “there has never been such strange delivery in his family lineage.
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