Horror as womandelivers monster babyin EkitiIN what appears a fiction, a middle-aged woman (names withheld) hasbeen delivered of a monstrouslooking baby at the General Hospital,Iyin-Ekiti, Ifelodun/Irepodun Localgovernment Area of Ekiti State.

A middle-aged woman (names
withheld) has been delivered of a
baby with a monstrous head at the
General Hospital, Iyin-Ekiti, Ifelodun/
Irepodun Local government Area,
Ekiti State.
The strange creature, which has
bulging, froggy eyes, was born at
around 2.15 p.m. at the weekend
through a caesarean operation.
The monster baby also has an
open hole at the back of its head,
from where something that looked
like mucus could be seen.
Ekiti State Commissioner for Health,
Dr. Wole Olugboji, who confirmed
the strange occurrence to newsmen
yesterday, said the headless baby
died but the mother was alive.
According to him, ‘There was a
woman who gave birth to a baby
without a head at General Hospital,
Iyin. The baby is dead but the
mother is okay.’
Olugboji said the mother of the little
creature, who was still unconscious
due to the sedation before the
Caesarean section, did not see the
baby, which was quickly disposed
of in order to save the parents from
the embarrassment that the strange
baby might have caused them.
The father of the baby, a reliable
source said, was present in when it
was born and he approved of the
quick burial of the strange creature.
The hospital source said: ‘The baby
did not have brain. His head was
open at the back and you could see
mucus inside the head instead of
brain. It was strange, nobody in the
hospital had seen such baby before.’
Another source added that the
strange baby was very small at
birth. He said the delivery was
abnormal as the fluid that was
drained out of the mother's body
was in excess of normal quantity.
The woman was said to have gone
for a series of scans in some private
hospitals, where she was told that
she was going to deliver a set of
twins. It was gathered that officials
of the General Hospital, Iyin, told the
parents that the woman was
carrying only one foetus and it was
headless.
They believed that the baby must
have been deformed due to the
effects of some drugs or herbs.
‘That is why we always ask
pregnant women not to take any
drugs unless they were prescribed
by doctors. We can't also rule it out
that the deformity might have been
caused by concoctions. It is
possible,’ he said.
Speaking with The Moment on
the occurrence, Dr. Philips Kanemo,
of the University of Benin Teaching
Hospital (UBTH), Benin City, Edo
State, said it could be the result of
congenital malformation or
abnormality, which is a medical
condition where a child is born
without a brain.
According to him, ‘It makes the
entire head appear malformed or
almost invisible, with a very small
skull, and not that there is total
absence of head.’
On the likely causes of such
malformation, Kanemo said the
condition could be idiopathic, that is,
with ‘no known cause.’
‘It could be from toxic drugs taken
by the mother at pregnancy or even
alcohol. Many other substances can
cause it.
‘Because we are in Africa, some
might attach it to witchcraft; but
whatever is not scientifically proven
is not a fact and has no basis,’ he
said.