A 42-year-old woman has given birth to five babies (quintuplets) at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, Kogi, after 18 years of barrenness.
Mrs Uchenna Okeigbo and her kids are in good condition, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Okeigbo, a native of Olokoro Amangbo Community, Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State , gave birth to three boys and two girls on Wednesday, April 17 through Caesarean Section.
She was full of praises to God for the rare gift of five babies at a go after waiting for 18 years.
”It is not easy to have five children at once,” Okeigbo said.
She showered praises on her husband for standing by her. The quintuplets, three boys and two girls, weighed 1.3kg ,1.6kg, 1.7kg, 1.8kg and 1.9kg respectively.
