seller, Basirat Ogundeji, has been delivered of a baby girl inside a
tricycle popularly known as "Keke Napep" at Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos
State, southwest Nigeria. It was gathered that Basirat went into
labour when the bus she boarded at Ikeja on her way back home
developed fault and was being repaired by the bus driver at a bus stop
in Oregun.
It was learnt that when she could no longer bear the labour pains,
Basirat quickly sought the assistance of a woman who was selling by
the roadside. Basirat, with the assistance of the woman, took a
tricycle to Oregun Flagship Primary Health Centre but she gave birth
while they were on the way to the clinic.
It was also learnt the baby's placenta was later removed by the nurses
on her arrival at the clinic. The mother of two, while speaking
with our source on her hospital bed at Oregun Public Health Centre,
said she came to Lagos after her boyfriend refused to take
responsibility for the pregnancy. "I already had a child for somebody
before I met the man that impregnated me at Aiyetoro, Ogun State. He
said he loved me but when I told him I was pregnant, he gave me some
money to abort the pregnancy and I decided to come to Lagos to make
ends meet.
"I knew I was due for delivery that day but I had not bought anything
for the baby yet. In fact I had no money on me that day and I decided
to go and
meet a woman at Ikeja who owes me. "That morning I had to trek to
Ojota, begged fo transport fare to Ikeja but unfortunately, I didn't
meet the woman and I was very confused. I begged for money again but
could only raise N50. "The bus I boarded from Ikeja enroute Ojota
developed fault midway. We were at the bus stop when I felt a sharp
pain in my tummy. Then I knew it was time for me to give birth," she
said. She commended the management and staff of
Oregun Public Health Centre for their hospitality and all the well
meaning Nigerians that came to give her items for her baby. "I never
expected to get the kind of positive treatment they gave me here. They
were all homely. The nurses were nice people and people
have been coming in to donate gift items to the
baby," she said.
She added that once she's discharged from the hospital, she would go
back to her village in Ogun
State, southwest Nigeria.
Source: Naijatunez
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