A 52-year-old grandmother and traditional worshipper, Mrs. Funke Adamson, has given birth to a baby girl clutching white beads on her hands.
The baby named Bukola, who is now being described by many as a “miracle child” was born on Monday, May 11, 2015 at a Trado-medical home in the Apapa area of Lagos State.
Baby Bukola’s naming ceremony took place on Monday, May 18, 2015 in their residence located at No.16 Olayinka Street, Ijora, Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area, LCDA .
It was learnt that Adamson and her 63-year-old husband, Mr. Hamzat Adamson, never planned to have a child at this time.
The woman 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.”
Sources told Vanguard that the woman who celebrated her 50 years birthday two years ago had already entered her menopause age.
Baby 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, Adamson revealed that she foud it difficult sleeping comfortably for two mionths before she finally discovered that she was pregnant.
“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,” she said.
It was after the baby’s birth that some 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.
Adding to her story, Mr Adamson 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.”
Furthermore, the Osun custodian, Rashidat Ojesanmi, 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.”
