Woman Delivers Tortoise, Baby Girl; It’s Ahoax, Doctors Say
LINK:PM NEWS

By Tunde Lemuel & Yisa Jamiu

A tradomedical practitioner in Lagos has claimed that a 20-year old woman delivered a tortoise and a baby girl in his clinic.

The woman, Rasheedat Raimi, said she had carried the pregnancy for 10 months before she eventually delivered the baby girl and the tortoise at a trado-medical clinic on Mutairu Street, Off Ijegun Road, outskirts of Lagos.


The owner of the clinic, Shehu Daudu Oseni, said the woman gave birth to the tortoise and the baby girl at 9.49 p.m on Wednesday.

Many orthodox doctors and traditional doctors contacted by P.M.NEWS on the strange delivery quickly dismissed the claim as impossible. Dr. Lawrence Akinsanya said “it is not possible, never, ever”. He said the claim has no basis in the science of reproduction. “It is just not scientifically possible”, he added.

P.M.NEWS gathered that Rasheedat had gone to Yakafi Trado-medical Nigeria Limited to observe Tahajjud (night vigil) with other pregnant women without any premonition that she was due for delivery.

When P.M.NEWS got to the trado-medical clinic, yesterday and this morning, Rasheedat was found looking pale and tired. She was sleeping on a bed in the clinic while her grandmother, Alhaja Taibat, who sat beside her fanned her.

She was in pains as she talked to P.M.NEWS about the strange delivery. “I came to Yakafi for prayers because of the terrible pains I was having in my stomach. Immediately I got here, prayers were offered and immediately there was a burst of water and blood under me. The tortoise came out with the placenta and the baby came out later. I couldn’t believe my eyes, but I was very weak. I was happy the pain left me. I felt relieved after the delivery. I thank God,” she told P.M.NEWS slowly.

On whether she attended ante-natal clinic before the delivery, the young woman said: ”I carried the pregnancy for 10 months. I did scans several times and nobody told me that I was carrying tortoise in my womb. What they always told me was that I am alright and would deliver at the right time,” she added.


Attempts by P.M.NEWS to know the hospital or the diagnostic centre where she claimed she had several scans proved abortive as she could not remember the name or address of the centre. She could also not mention the names of the doctor or nurses who attended to her at the clinic.

But corroborating her story, the owner of Yakafi Trado-medical Nigeria Limited, Shehu Dauda Oseni, described the delivery as “amazing”.

“This is amazing, but true. She did not register with my clinic for ante-natal. When she came here with her people, she was in pains, we didn’t know she will deliver here. She only came here for Tahajjud prayers (night vigil). We were praying when suddenly she started wriggling. She was in pains.

“I touched her stomach and observed something strange moving inside her. It was a strange thing. I thought it was a lizard but it turned out to be a tortoise. The tortoise tore the placenta into pieces and came out. The baby came out afterwards.

“She fainted after the delivery and we have to revive her with prayers. This is what God can do. She had several scans but nobody told her that he was carrying a tortoise in her womb. God is great,” he declared.

Rasheedat who is still in the hospital has been visited by her husband, in-laws, relatives and neighbours who trooped to the clinic to catch a glimpse of the strange occurance.

In interviews with P.M.NEWS this morning, however, many orthodox and traditional medical practitioners described the claim as impossible.

Dr. Banji Filani of Sound Health Centre, Lagos, described the claim as untrue. “It is not possible. I don’t believe the story. How can a baby and a tortoise co-habit in a woman’s womb? Medically, it is not possible. Traditionally, it is impossible,” he stated.

In his own reaction, Dr. Aberuagba of Aberuagba trado-medical centre countered that the strange birth is possible. “It can happen. It can be done by spiritual manipulations of the foetus. It is the work of dark forces who want to scuttle the birth of the baby but God in his infinite mercy prevented their evil design,” he said.

Another medical doctor, Dr. Rotimi Adesanya said: “The claim is not feasible. More investigations should be conducted on the strange delivery. It is difficult to believe. I don’t believe it can happen,” the Ogun State-based medical practitioner said.

Claims of strange deliveries are common in Nigeria. But such claims have never been verified by the scientific community, allowing beliefs in such miracles to fester.

In 2005, a Russian woman gave birth to a cyclop child ( a cyclop in Greek mythology is a one eyed giant). The cyclop, a female was covered with thick hair; an eye in the center of the head and a trunk that was growing on the head above the eye. Doctors in Russsia then explained that the incredible mutant baby, born pre-term could have arisen from complications during the preganancy, some of them traceable to the use of antibiotics such as tetracycline. Said Dr.Ivan Rylchikov, a specialist: ‘‘The medicine affects the developments of the fetus’ bone and teeth; even a small dose can be dangerous for an unborn child. A cyclop is not viable—they do not live longer than one week. In addition, nature has its own regulator. If the development of the fetus takes an unusual mturn, the probability of a miscarriage increases a lot. This is the way that Mother Nature uses to kill mutants in the womb”.

Doctors in Nigeria are making the same comment on the alleged strange births in suburban Lagos, that the nature has its way of protecting a woman’s womb, with the cervic being shut down once a conceived baby has embedded itself in the mother’s womb. “There is no way the woman would have carried the tortoise in her womb, along with the baby. Because with the cervic closed, there is no way a foreign body would have entered the womb’’, said Dr. Akinsanya.

But Oseni’s nurses who claimed they witnessed the birth affirmed the strange occurrence.

A staff nurse at the clinic who witnessed the delivery, Olaponmile Ajani, said she was there when the delivery took place. She disclosed that Rasheedat had been complaining of severe pains and discomfort in her womb before the delivery.

“The tortoise came out before the baby. It was after several minutes later that the baby now came out.

“Her private part was torn seriously as the tortoise came out. Before then the doctor tried to put his hand into her but the tortoise pulled his hand. By the time it eventually came out we could not believe it, but it was real.”

“The baby was so healthy when she came out because she cried by herself. The baby has no wound or mark. It was a miracle. The tortoise had been feeding on the placenta as it was all torn when it came out.

Other staff of the hospital who witnessed the delivery are Mr. Saheed Soyemi, Mrs. Rasheed, Mrs. Fatimat Useni, Mrs. Aminat

Meanwhile, the hospital has turned into a sort of Mecca to thousands of residents of Ikotun who now throng the clinic to view the strange delivery.

extremely fetish and diabolic society

na waoh! ;d ;d ;d

You wrote a topic and started commenting, . , . . lol

^^^^^

Only somebody without an opinion will post and not comment. What is your opinion about the post or is your opinion just to ask why I am commenting on my own post?

May God save us all from the power and yoke of the Devil. Devil is a liar!

Only someone looking for attention will comment on my opinion of his comments on a topic he posted so as to gather opinions and comments on a stupid topic.
I dare your mum to figure that out.

^^^^
Is that still your opinion, you opinionless anumanu?

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TPIA Gini

Lawd Hammercy

Tilapia chei. . .

wow
Wonders will never end.

This man tpia again?

@poster

Richyblack must not see this thread.

Oops!

Radiant:

May God save us all from the power and yoke of the Devil. Devil is a liar!

Am always a skeptic. But it's important that people verify this claim. People shouting "diabolical", "evil", "satan" etc must know that it doesn't have to be so. Perhaps the tortoise crawled into the woman sometime while she was having bath in some creppy, dingy water (?)
Scientists please verify/investigate!!!

We should know it doesn't always have to be diabolical/satanic!!! Breeds religiousity

Oh my God!

So what do you intend to achieve with your title of this thread?

LouisUlo:

This topic lends support to the claim that only silly igbo people such as this mekus guy will believe the impossible stories that Yorubas tell to fool them.
That is why I propose that all igbo mothers be shot at dawn. Stop the spread of this disease at the source.
I mean who names their entire tribe 'igbo'. . . 'marijuana'. What fools.

Lawd have mercy!! . . . Another omo oduduwa rabbies infested dog on the loose.

hey! people people please, what's all the inter-tribe insult for?

True or no true, you always read such news from Yoruba land only. This is not the first, second or third time of such. Head or tail, you people are losers. If true, it means your society is indeed even more fetish that I thought. If lie, it means you are even more of liars than I thought. Which one do you prefer?

BTW, pictures don't lie

Trust stupid nigerians to believe this absolute nonsense. How can a woman deliver a tortoise?

Did these foolish people do biology at all in high school?

^^^^ Nothing is impossible in Oduduwa land . . . . their prowess in JuJU and witchcrafting surpasses the theories of biology.

They don't have juju in your own land?

@poster,
if you want to sling mud, please do it efficiently!
This is a very poor attempt

There's is nothing one won't see or hear, na wa o. I just tire.

So how is Tpia and the baby tortoise doing

@Topic

There just happened to be a tortoise in the room when the woman delivered the baby. Someone probably saw the tortoise crawling out from under the bed at about the same time and assumed_modified decided to tell a story. . . whatever. This should encourage us to emphasize cleanliness in our hospitals instead of pointing accusing fingers at the devil.
We will believe anything, wont we?

Tommorow, we'll hear "Woman delivers housefly" when the innocent fly just happened to be passing by, attracted by the smelly toliets next door.

Abeg, give us all a break with these diabolical claims.

Do we really have Moderators in this section? What the hell are those clowns doing?

This is why nigeria can hardly move forward,people are deeply deluded.For a media house to have publish a story like,shows how stupid the editor of a prime time magazine or whatever they are called is.The suppose mouth piece of the people are themselves bleeped-the PRESS

@ Topic : :lol: Tpia of Nairaland gives birth to a tortoise

Lol, this topic nawaaaooo  , I am signing out, i did not see this thread,

banom:

@ Topic : :lol: Tpia of Nairaland gives birth to a tortoise

Lol, this topic nawaaaooo  , I am signing out, i did not see this thread,

Since u are now a born again,why not cover her with d blood?

texazzpete:

Do we really have Moderators in this section? What the hell are those clowns doing?

I wonder. . . .

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Tpia gave birth to dog or tortoise it doesnt bother me, what baffles me is how stupid newspapers like PM are still in circulation!