A 44-year-old caterer, Mrs Stella Omokhepen Olayioye, has appealed for financial assistance after delivering quadruplets at Atoke Medical Centre, Abeokuta, on November 7, despite 8–10 scans showing triplets. She delivered two boys and two girls through Caesarean section.
Speaking with PLATFORM TIMES, she said the fourth baby’s discovery shocked her.
“In the theatre room, when I heard there was a fourth child, it was a shock. It was a miracle. I was shocked because throughout the pregnancy, the scans never showed four children. The scans only showed three children,” she said.
Olayioye said she and her husband waited 11 years for their first child, now four. On raising four newborns, she said:
