A 34-year-old housewife, Hauwa’u Sulaiman, of 70 Alfadarai in Zaria, gave birth to a set of quadruplets at Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Zaria, on Friday, June 5.
She was a mother of 13 before she was delivered of the new babies.
Sulaiman told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Tuesday in Zaria that she had now been blessed with 17 children, adding that the set of the new quadruplets she was recently delivered of was her eighth delivery.
The mother and the babies were transferred to the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, ABUTH, for better care.
Sulaiman, however, said that the only male among the quadruplets died before they arrived ABUTH.
She said that the remaining three had been placed under observation at the paediatrics care unit and she (the mother) had been receiving medical care at the maternity ward.
She said that she received two bags of blood during the delivery processes.
“I am very healthy and strong but the medical experts advised that I need to be monitored very well before they can discharge me,’’ she said.
Her husband, Malam Sulaiman Mohammed , also said that his wife had twice in the past given birth to a set of triplets; a set of twins two times, and given birth to three babies at different times before the quadruplets.
Mohammed, a driver, expressed gratitude to Allah for the wonderful gift of the babies.
He added that it was his elder brother that was assisting him with the children whenever such needs arose.
Similarly, his mother, Saudatu Haruna, said that the birth of the quadruplets was not a surprise to them attributing it to inheritance.
She added that she gave birth to a set of twins at three different occasions.
Haruna added that her mother was a triplet and her father was a twin, stressing that the quadruplets were not coming to the family as a surprise to her.
Dr Isa Abdulkadir, the leading consultant in the paediatrics unit at ABUTH, said that the three babies were in good condition.
