The Punch reports that passengers on a Bus Rapid Transit going to the CMS area of Lagos on Wednesday were forced to become emergency midwives and labour attendants when a pregnant woman was delivered of a bouncing baby boy inside the bus. It was learnt that the woman, identified simply as Afolaranmi, was going to a private hospital in CMS for a medical checkup, when she started her labour. Some medical workers in the bus organised other passengers to help in delivering the baby. The mother was delivered of the baby at about 12pm, around the Constain bus stop.

Afolaranmi, who joined the BRT bus at the Ketu Bus stop, is a trader and lives in the Mowe area of Ogun State. After the delivery, the mother and the new baby were taken to a private hospital. A passenger on the bus, who gave his name as Shodipo, said both the woman and the baby seemed to be fine. He said:

“It was a very interesting experience. To my novice eye, the woman and the baby were both fine as of the time I left the bus.”

Congrats to mother and child and to all the good “samaritans” that helped out. #Godwin

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God be praised. A boy bout to make history for NIGERIA

The naming shld be done in a BRT....#innovation

That is how drivers and conductors are born not made

I'm happy for her but why register in an hospital so far away? I believe there are good hospitals along the mowe/Ibafo axis. Some people like wahala sha

dominique:
I'm happy for her but why register in an hospital so far away?

She might have registered then relocated or you know how people are as when they are close to term move to their parents' or in-laws' house

Wow. Thank God for a safe delivery.
One has read about deliveries in many strange places, toilets, markets, road, taxi parks.

Mynd44:

She might have registered then relocated or you know how people are as when they are close to term move to their parents' or in-laws' house

Maybe, but the first thing should have done after relocating was to register in a standard hospital close to home. Mowe to CMS ke? God forbids!

That's very disturbing.... but really amazing

Ezedon:
That is how drivers and conductors are born not made

following ur logic, every baby born in the hospital then will be doctors or health workers?

dominique:


Maybe, but the first thing should have done after relocating was to register in a standard hospital close to home. Mowe to CMS ke? God forbids!

Oh well...thank God the baby and mother are both fine now

Thank God for His deeds, i pray the baby and mother be blessed with sound health after evrythn. Na 2 com chop rice next week b dat o.

Qmab:
following ur logic, every baby born in the hospital then will be doctors or health workers?

rather anyone born in the labour room must labour to make it