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  • Couple gets twins after 15 years

    Couple gets twins after 15 years

    or over 15 years, Deaconess Peace Igunbor endured the agony of being called a barren woman. Her husband, Pastor Eghosa Igunbor, resisted several temptations and entreaties to get a second wife that would bear him children.

    Pastor Eghosa was almost referred to as an eunuch. He never thought a baby would still cry in their house.

    They were married in April 1998 and had looked forward to celebrating birth of their first child nine months later but nothing came.

    But recently, God blessed the couple with a twins boys after they underwent a fertility treatment popularly called IVF in a private clinic that combined scientific technology and prayers to assist couples overcome the stigma of remaining childless.

    Pastor Eghosa, in a chat with our reporter, said their problems were compounded when the wife had two miscarriages. He said their status as a childless couple was harrowing until they saw the face of God who blessed them with the baby boys.

    Eghosa stated that the problems made him to focus more on worshipping God and deepen his faith in God’s miracle as a member of the Church of God Mission where he was later ordained as a pastor and his wife, a deaconess.

    He said his faith in God was challenged as the devil created some challenging option of either going for other women or marrying another wife.

    His words: “But because of my position in the church and one who at one time of the other have cancelled others facing similar challenges, I held unto God believing that He will surely change my own story.”

    Deaconess Igunbor said it was a horrific period for her considering how the African society treats women who are childless.

    She said: “But I held unto God’s words in the bible which kept me busy in the church and did not have to sit down weeping in a corner or running all over the place in search of solutions.

    “However, seeing other pregnant women who carried their children to full term I often raise the question why I am not like them?”

  • Woman abducts ex-tenant’s twins

    Woman abducts ex-tenant’s twins

    A LANDLADY has repaid her former tenants’ love in a strange and painful manner – she abducted their twins.

    The police at Abayi Division, Abia State, are holding a woman identified simply as Chioma for allegedly abducting the twin boys of her ex-tenants Mr. and Mrs. Okwudili Nwaeze.

    The Nation gathered that Chioma visited her former tenants’ home to, according to sources, exchange pleasantries with them.“

    Mrs. Nwaeze, who was on her way to the bathroom, apparently uncomfortable with the visitor, changed her mind and waited until she (Chioma) left the compound.

    Mrs. Nwaeze was said to have gone back to the bathroom, leaving her twins (James and John) inside their room, unknown to her that her ex-land lady was still in the compound.

    A source close to the Nwaeze family said: “When she finally returned to their room, the twin babies (James and John) had disappeared. It was at this point that she started to raise alarm.

    In agony, she began a desperate search for her babies. Neighbours who had seen Chioma carry the babies told Mrs Nwaeze that her ex-tenant had the babies.

    An Afor Ule market trader, Abayi Aba, said nobody suspected that Chioma abducted the babies beacuse she had lived with the children’s parents before the incident.

    She said Chioma, on getting to Afor Ule junction, flagged down a commercial tricycle driver, who took her and the kids away.

    An unconfirmed report said Chioma had, at the initial contact with the children’s family, demanded a ransom of about N10million, which the family told her they did not have.

    On how the ex-tenant was apprehended by the police, sources said she was caught by some people selling wares at the Afor Ule market. They spotted her while she was attempting to drop the children on the main road.

    They took her to the Abayi Divisional police station where the Nwaezes had reported that their children were missing.

    When contacted, the Abia State Police PPRO, Geoffrey Ogbonna, said he was yet to be briefed on the incident.

    But, a police source at the Abayi Police Division confirmed the incident, adding that the police were still investigating the matter.

  • Man kills wife hours before twins’ naming ceremony

    Tragedy recently struck a couple who was preparing for the naming ceremony of their twins, as the wife, identified as Osarumwense was reportedly killed, by her husband.

    The incident was said to have occurred as a result of an argument on when the deceased mother should breastfeed the babies. Witnesses said the couple celebrated the birth of the twins last week Sunday and was preparing for the naming ceremony when the tragedy occurred. It was gathered that the husband, Endurance Enadeba, hit the wife on the head with an object which resulted in to her death. Enadeba had insisted that the wife breastfed the crying babies, with the latter insisting that she needed to urinate first. As a result, the husband approached the urinating wife and a fracas ensued, which led to him hitting the wife on the head.

    Father of the deceased who gave his name as Eghenayayore was seen weeping and cursing profusely over the corpse, while lamenting that his daughter had called to inform him of the incident, but died before she could be rushed to the hospital. He disclosed that the husband, Enadeba, fled immediately the wife collapsed.

    According to him, “He killed my daughter because of breastfeeding the twins. The twins are at home now, who will give them breatsmilk? Why did he kill my young daughter. This girl was born in 1996. We were preparing to name the babies tomorrow because it was their first issue.”

    Police spokesman, DSP Moses Eguavoen, confirmed the incident. He said the husband has been arrested from his hide-out.

  • Couple ‘buys’ twins for N1.8m

    Couple ‘buys’ twins for N1.8m

    Operatives at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Ikoyi, Lagos, have arrested a couple, who allegedly bought twin babies and attempted to smuggle them out of the country.

    Adenuga Soyibo and his wife Elizabeth allegedly bought the babies for N1.8million from a woman in Rivers State. The Police said yesterday that they were yet to trace the baby trader’s location.

    The couple were arrested following a tip-off on April 15 by the American Consulate. The Police said the Consulate reported that the couple applied for American visas and their application was deferred on the suspicion that the babies they claimed to be theirs appeared to have been stolen.

    It was gathered that the Consulate ordered a DNA test to ascertain the biological relationship of the babies with the suspects.

    The Commissioner of Police, Tunde Ogunsakin, told reporters: “The Consulate invited them when it received the result of the DNA, which revealed that the babies do not belong to the couple as both lack appropriate genetic marks.

    “During investigations, detectives travelled to Port Harcourt, Rivers State where the woman claimed she gave birth to the twins in a private small house. On getting to Port Harcourt, the woman claimed she could no longer identify the place; she also stated that she had no antenatal record anywhere as she did not attend any.

     

     

     

    “She stated further that the total sum of N1.8million was paid to the woman who administered “Agbo” local herbs on her that eventually produced the babies. Soyibo, the claimed father of the twins, stated that he was also given “Agbo” that boosted his sperm count that produced the babies. Both suspects claimed they can no longer trace the woman whom they paid the N1.8million for the “Agbo” and the delivery of the baby. They also could not produce anyone who knew about the conception and the subsequent delivery of the babies”.

    Soyibo, an American citizen and a cab driver, said he and his wife had been childless for 15 years, adding that a woman introduced them to Mrs Helen Okoronkwo, based in Port Harcourt.

    “We visited her in November 2011 when I came into the country because the woman insisted on seeing my wife and I. When we got there, she gave us some native medicine (Agbo), which was to help us in our quest to get a child. I was in the country until around April 2012. As at that time my wife was already pregnant.”

    He stated further: “On November 24, 2012, my wife was delivered of the twins in Port Harcourt. I was in the country but I did not go with her. I came in on November 19 but was too tired and was also busy with some other things. I was surprised when I went to the Embassy to process their visa to take them with me back to the US and we were asked to go for a DNA to ascertain if we are their biological parents. I could not believe it when the result came out and we were told that the babies are not ours. I know my wife got pregnant, so I do not understand what they mean.”

    When asked if any other person apart from his wife was around when the babies were delivered, he said “no”, adding that it was only his wife and the woman that gave them the native medicine. He said a relative of theirs accompanied his wife on that journey, but was not allowed into the house.

    On why his wife could not recognise the house, where she claimed to have been delivered of her babies when detectives took her to Port Harcourt, the man said it was because they got there at night.