A baby is born with Quran in Lagos

A baby is born with Quran in Lagos
This is another shocking but not strange
happening.
This is how PM News reported it.
Residents from various parts of Lagos
have been coming to catch a glimpse of a
baby allegedly born with a miniature
Quran at 9, Oguntade Street, Shasha area
of the state. (crowd at the residence
where the baby was born)
Incidents like these are scientifically
impossible, but residents of the area say
it is true even though some of them
confessed that they did not see the baby
clutching the miniature Quran, the holy
book of the Muslims. They were only told
about it.
It took efforts for P.M.NEWS reporters to
gain access into the one-room apartment
of the baby’s parents as a result of the
crowd that took over the place.
The mother of the baby, Kabirat Lamidi, a
32-year old hairstylist, said right from the
conception of the baby, she had been
sick.
She said when the baby refused to come
out after 11 months, she went for a scan
where it was shown that she had an
object in the womb with the baby.
The Ede, Osun State indigene who said
she had been married for 10 years, said
she was shocked to discover that few
seconds after the baby was delivered, she
pushed out a Quran.
“I have been hearing about such incidents
and I have always insulted people
thinking it could never happen. I believe
it is a gift from Allah,” she said.
She said as a Muslim, she was not even
dedicated and did not know how to pray,
expressing surprise that such an incident
could happen to her.
The mother of three said she had always
given birth in the hospital but that on this
day, she went into labour so fast that she
could not move.
“My advice to people is that they should
henceforth watch their mouth. I didn’t
believe before now,” she said.
Mrs. Saudat Olawuwo, a staff nurse with
the Shasha Medical Centre who assisted
with the delivery, said she was called by
neighbours when the woman was in
labour.
Mrs. Olawuwo with 17 years working
experience, said the woman was
supposed to put to birth on 16 May, but
it did not happen.
“By the time I came the day she was in
labour, the baby was already coming out.
So I assisted her.
“After that, we were expecting the
placenta, but the woman began behaving
like one about to run mad. I was so
confused.
“The woman was shouting that she
wanted to push again and all of a sudden,
the Quran, wrapped in nylon and stained
with blood jumped out.
“Out of confusion, I ran out and called
people who came to see. We also called a
Muslim cleric around the area who came
and prayed for the baby,” she said.
Father of the baby, Luqman Lamidi, said
he was in a drinking bar when he was
called and told that his wife had delivered
a baby with a Quran.
He said he did not believe until he came
and saw the Quran covered with blood.
“I arrived home and saw a lot of crowd
and could not even enter. In fact, I am
surprised that a drunk like me could
produce a child that came into this world
with a Quran,” he said, adding that he had
become a changed person.
Chief Imam of Oguntade, Shasha, Alhai
AbdulRafiu Opeloyeru Oyedokun, said he
was the one who tore the nylon from the
Quran after he was called to the place.
“When I came, people were still doubting
if the object was a Quran or not, so I tore
the nylon with blood on it publicly and
everyone confirmed it.”
As the yet to be named baby boy lay
asleep, P.M.NEWS noticed that each time
the Quran is placed on his chest, he
consistently lifted his hands up and would
not drop the hands until the Quran is
taken off.
There was a big controversy in May last
year following the alleged birth of a baby
boy said to be clutching a miniature Holy
Quran at birth.
The baby was born at a white garment
church in Mushin, Lagos State, Southwest
Nigeria.
While some disputed the claim, others
said it was possible. A large crowd
gathered at 1, Sonde Street, Ijeshatedo,
Lagos home of the boy’s parents as news
of the birth spread rapidly.
His mother, Mrs. Kikelomo Ilori, 32, a
Cosmetologist, told P.M.NEWS that he
was born after she had carried the
pregnancy for about 10 months.
“When my baby was delivered holding a
Quran in his hand, the nurse said the
Quran should be thrown away. But I
insisted my mother must see it before
any action could be taken,” Kikelomo,
who is a Christian, further explained.
Corroborating the story, Senior Rev.
Victoria Yetunde Dada said during the
pregnancy, Kikelomo was always coming
to her for prayers and counselling.
“I advised her not to abort the pregnancy
because she might die in the process.
Again, I told her the foetus was sent by
God and will be great,” Apostle Mother
Dada told our correspondent.
Reacting, Medical Director of Bodet
Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Dr. Bode Tawak
said scientifically, it was not possible for a
baby to be born holding a Quran.
“How big is the baby’s hand to hold the
Quran? How big is the Quran? How did
the Quran get into her mother’s womb? I
don’t know how a Quran can get into a
womb. But there are things you can’t
explain,” Dr. Tawak responded.
He said while the incident cannot be
explained medically, in Nigeria many
mysterious things happen.
A Kaduna-based medical practitioner, Dr.
Munir Yusuf said from a medical point of
view, it was not possible, but added that
depending on the size of the Quran, it
was possible metaphysically.
He explained that if the Quran is small
enough to pass through the diameter of
the vagina, with the child, it is possible.
In the same vein, a herbal medicine
practitioner, Chief Dr. Bola Adegunloye
believes nothing is impossible, but said
too much importance must not be placed
on the incident.