OMG! Baby born with traditional beads in Lagos

Despite adopting several family planning strategies, a
52-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Funke Adamson, has
ended up giving birth to a baby girl clutching white
'Ileke' (Yoruba name for beads) on her hands. Funke,
a traditional worshipper said she was delivered of
the baby that has now been described by many as a
"miracle child" on Monday, May 11, 2015 at a Trado-
medical home in Apapa.
Speaking to
Vanguard, she
said: "I received a
message from an
Osun Custodian
who said that a
child is on the way
for me. I didn't
believe him. I
didn't realize until
the baby was
three and half
month old when I
began to
experienced flow
of membranous
fluid."
When Vanguard visited the home of the Adamson at
No.16 Olayinka Street, Ijora, Apapa-Iganmu Local
Council Development Area, LCDA last Monday during
the naming ceremony, it was gathered that Funke and
her husband, Mr. Hamzat Adamson, 63-year-old
never planned to have a child at this time.
Sources said that Funke who celebrated her 50 years
birthday two years ago had already entered her
menopause age. The baby named Bukola came three
years after another 32-year-old single mother, Mrs.
Kikelomo Ilori was delivered of a baby boy in a
Cherubim & Seraphim Church, purportedly clutching
a Holy Quran. On the signs discovered during her
pregnancy, Funke noted that prior to her discovery,
she couldn't sleep comfortably for two months.
"So I started praying before I later discovered that I
was pregnant. Also, while trying to open a perfume, it
caught fire, which made me suffer severe burns.
After discovering the pregnancy, I couldn't sleep
without having a dream. In these dreams, I often
found myself sitting at the shore," Funke added. After
her birth, the grandmother explained that the
traditional healers who attended to her raised alarm
that they found the baby clutching white beads.
"When I heard this, I was afraid. I told them to inform
my husband for any possible solution. Rather than
demand that they discard the beads, he said they
should be kept. After regaining my strength I
removed the beads and tied it on her wrist," she said.
Corroborating her story, the husband, Hamzat said "I
was surprised when I saw the baby delivered holding
beads in his hands. But I realized that the beads are
important and that was why we have decided not to
throw it away."
Similarly, Rashidat Ojesanmi, the Osun custodian
who gave the family the prophesy said "I was
consulting the deities when I got the revelation that
she would be blessed with a unique gift, which I told
her. But she didn't believe. Later, when the revelation
was further revealed that she will be blessed with an
important child, she declined, saying that she cannot
conceive at her age.
She said so because of the family planning she had
earlier done and considering her age. But as
prophesied, few months later, she called me and told
me of the signs she discovered." Also speaking, a
midwife, Mrs. Adenike Adeyemo, described the case
as one out of ten cases, saying "it is rare to have such
cases because at this age, the woman may have
entered menopause stage."