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What should have been a joyful day on April 14, 2026, has turned into a troubling mystery for 28-year-old Blessing Ijeoma David,Instead of celebration, the young mother has been left in tears, accusing a doctor of turning her expected twin pregnancy into a single baby after a surgical delivery.
Speaking with our correspondent, Blessing explained that this was not her first childbirth. She had previously given birth to two children, but only one survived. According to her, during her recent pregnancy, multiple scans from the same hospital ‘TipTop hospital’ at Abaranje area in Lagos State confirmed that she was carrying twins, a boy and a girl.
These tests were conducted three different times at Tip Top Hospital located in the Customs area of Abaranje, Lagos, and each result consistently indicated a twin pregnancy.
She said she never suspected foul play, as the attending doctor,Dr. Babajide, regularly contacted her for check-ups. However, things took a strange turn when she was told her delivery date was still weeks away, only to be suddenly informed that she needed an urgent surgery. On the night of April 13, she and her husband arrived at the hospital and she had no signs of labor. Her husband was later asked to return by 7 a.m. the next morning to monitor the operation.
Blessing recounted that she was woken up around 5:30 a.m., by a nurse on dreglock, she was asked to sign and rushed into surgery room despite her plea to wait for her husband. She insisted that her consent form was not properly filled as her hand skes while signing. During the procedure, she said she felt intense pain, claiming the anesthesia did not work on her, and she remained conscious throughout.
“I saw them bring out the first and second baby. I even begged them to bring the babies close to me, but they refused,” she said in distress.
According to her, she was shocked when only one baby, a girl was presented to her after the surgery. Hospital staff reportedly told her she had delivered just one child. This contradicted everything she had been told during her pregnancy, and before the operation raising serious concerns.
When contacted, Dr. Babajide declined to comment, stating that the matter is already with the police. Further investigation revealed that the doctor’s wife acted as the midwife during the operation, alongside four other individuals present in the theatre.
The Investigative Police Officer in charge of the case, who requested anonymity, confirmed that the woman indeed gave birth at the hospital and that her family has presented scan results indicating twins as evidence. However, the doctor has claimed that what appeared as a second baby in the scans might have been a fibroid, a claim the police say will require thorough investigation.
The officer added that all individuals involved in the delivery have been identified, and a full-scale investigation is ongoing.
Meanwhile, tension continues to rise as family members of the woman gather daily in front of the hospital, protesting and insisting that their missing baby must be accounted for. The baby’s father, David Opeyemi, expressed shock over the situation. He stated that he was initially told to go home and return by 7 a.m. as his wife would be taken to the theatre for cesarean session in the next morning , but upon arriving just minutes past the scheduled time, he was informed that the operation had already been completed and that his wife delivered only one baby.
He also revealed that prior to the surgery, he had been instructed to purchase baby items in multiples of two, as the pregnancy was confirmed to be twins. “I had to struggle and borrow money to get everything ready for two babies. Now they are telling me it is just one. This is beyond me, I need the government to intervene,” he said.
As of the time of filing this report, the police have released Dr. Babajide on the condition that he continues his medical duties while remaining available for questioning as investigations continue.
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