Oluomachi Nwoye, a final year student of Forestry at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Abia state, has given birth to a set of five babies.
The 24-year-old gave birth to the quintuplets at the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia on Monday, October 3, 2022.
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Her quintuplets comprise of two boys and three girls.
Oluomachi’s mum, Priscilla Nwojo, in a chat with Vanguard expressed gratitude to God over the safe delivery of the babies, while appealing to government and charitable individuals to come to their aid.
She also noted that “it’s not easy to take care of one (baby), how much more five persons under the present situation of Nigeria”.
According to the 56-year-old, her daughter, Oluomachi, is actually a twin.
As per Vanguard, the father of the set of babies was yet to visit the hospital as at Tuesday, 4th October.
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In related news, a woman gave birth to quadruplets after waiting 7 years as a video of nurses bringing the babies out of the delivery room goes viral on social media.
In the video, the babies looked adorable and in good health as the nurses cared for them. The video, which was shared by @bcrworldwide said that the four babies were delivered after the mother waited 7 years in marriage looking for the fruit of the womb.
Standing in the background was the father of all four children looking overwhelmed with emotions of joy while the nurses attended to them, prepping and cleaning them up.
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Social media users have been raving about the newborns as they sent in congratulatory messages. Other users, especially ladies, expressed their wish to have twins.
