"I'm Begging": Nigerian Mum Cries for Help As Clinic Seizes One of Her Newborn Twin Babies Over N383,500 Bill

"I'm Begging": Nigerian Mum Cries for Help As Clinic Seizes One of Her Newborn Twin Babies Over N383,500 Bill

  • A Nigerian woman has cried out for help after a hospital in Delta state refused to release one of her twins taken there for care
  • The distraught mum identified as Mrs Akpesiri Ojiko delivered the babies at the Warri General Hospital on November 17, 2022
  • One of the twins was said have been referred from the general hospital to a private hospital where a N433,500 bill was incured

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A Nigerian woman has cried out bitterly over one of her babies seized by a private hospital.

The woman identified as Mrs Akpesiri Ojiko is unable to pay the N433,500 she was billed by the hosptial.

A Nigerian mum is crying for help as hospital seizes her baby.
The mum gave birth to twins but one of them has been seixed. Photo credit: Thanasis Zovoilis and Jasmin Merdan/ Getty Images.
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According to reports by Punch Newspaper, the woman delivered her twin babies at the Warri General Hospital on November 17, 2022.

The general hospital would later refer one of the twin babies to a medical center in Warri due to lack of bed spaces.

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Delta hospital seizes baby over unpaid bill

Out of the N433,500 she was billed at the private clinic, the woman's family raised N50,000, leaving a balance of N383,500.

Mrs Akpesiri has cried out to the general public and the Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa for help as the clinic has refused to release the baby until the outstanding bill is paid.

She said:

“The bill is N433,500 before my sister brought N50,000. We have paid the N50,000 my sister brought, then we will pay the balance of N383,500 for my baby to be released.
“My baby is about a month and some weeks while I have not set my eyes on the female baby for a month now, don’t even allow me to see her. Please I’m begging governor Ifeanyi Okowa and others to help me."

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Mrs Akpesiri's husband who initially ran away when he heard the large bill has also reappeared and is as well crying for help.

Mum celebrates after wecoming twins

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a woman gave birth to a beautiful set of twins.

In a video she posted on TikTok, the mum showed off the babies comprising a boy and a girl.

She said the babies were born in September, 2022 and that she spent half of thee year being pregnant.

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Israel Usulor (Human-Interest editor) Israel Usulor is a journalist who has 9 years of experience. He worked at The Prime Newspaper and has published articles in TheCable Newspaper. Israel graduated with distinction from Fidei Polytechnic (Mass Commun, 2016). Israel has interviewed Zannah Mustapha, the man who helped negotiate the release of Chibok Girls, and Kunle Adeyanju, who rode a bike from London to Lagos. He covered exclusive stories on Chef Dami during her Guinness World Records cookathon. Email: israel.usulor@corp.legit.ng.