Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, a Nigerian social crusader and widow
of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, was delivered of twins –
a boy and a girl – at a hospital in the United States of America on Wednesday.
It was gathered that both mother and the babies are in
excellent health condition. The ‘miracle’ birth fulfilled the wishes of the
late Odumakin to have another baby to be named after him.
The couple who got married in 1997, had their first baby
girl in 2000 and the second, a boy, in 2003. While the girl was named after
Joe, the boy was named Abraham after the late Afenifere leader, Pa Abraham
Adesanya.
However, the twins are coming 18 years after the birth of
their last child.
After he survived a three-day coma in 2020 and a few months
before he succumbed to the illness that eventually but unexpectedly claimed his
life, Yinka, developed a strong desire for him and his wife to have another
baby.
However, it was gathered that Yinka never got to hear the
news about his wife’s pregnancy before he died.
In a statement by his wife, her husband had left
instructions for the name or names of the baby. The statement read in part, “He
had, however, prophetically left words concerning what the baby or babies
should be called if his wishes materialised.
“YO, as he is fondly called, was so accurate in his
predictions that they could be twins (and their sex) that he gave the names of
the babies and told me how he would raise them.
“While many may interpret this to mean that YO had a
premonition about his death, it was only a strong desire expressed by him to
have babies that he would dot over and who would possibly step into his “aluta”
shoes. It’s a dream come true!”
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