A 52 year old grandmother, Mrs Funke Adamson reportedly gave birth
to a baby girl who came out clutching white
‘Ileke’ (Yoruba name for beads) at a trado-medical center
in Apapa, Lagos on May 11th.
Vanguard reports that the grandmother who is
already experiencing menopause, said a traditionalist informed her that
she was going to have a "special child".
“I
received a message from an Osun Custodian who said that a child is on
the way for me. I didn’t believe him. I didn’t realize until the baby
was three and half month old when I began to experienced flow of
membranous fluid.
So
I started praying before I later discovered that I was pregnant. Also,
while trying to open a perfume, it caught fire, which made me suffer
severe burns. After discovering the pregnancy, I couldn’t sleep without
having a dream. In these dreams, I often found myself sitting at the
shore,” Funke added. After her birth, the grandmother explained that the
traditional healers who attended to her raised alarm that they found
the baby clutching white beads. When I heard this, I was afraid. I told them to inform my husband
for any possible solution. Rather than demand that they discard the
beads, he said they should be kept. After regaining my strength I
removed the beads and tied it on her wrist,” she said. Corroborating her
story, the husband, Hamzat said “I was surprised when I saw the baby
delivered holding beads in his hands. But I realized that the beads are
important and that was why we have decided not to throw it away.”she said
The couple have since christened the baby Bukola. The traditionalist who reportedly prophesied her birth said;
“I
was consulting the deities when I got the revelation that she would be
blessed with a unique gift, which I told her. But she didn’t believe.
Later, when the revelation was further revealed that she will be blessed
with an important child, she declined, saying that she cannot conceive
at her age. She said so because of the family planning she had earlier done and
considering her age. But as prophesied, few months later, she called me
and told me of the signs she discovered.”
Title : baby born with traditional beads in Lagos
Description : A 52 year old grandmother, Mrs Funke Adamson reportedly gave birth to a baby girl who came out clutching white ‘Ileke’ (Yoruba name for...
