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Did you read the story of a baby that was born with a Koran in his hands? well, I did on a popular blog,  Linda Ikeji’s blog. Sincerely speaking, I didn’t know whether to believe it or not. but well there’s a twist to that story and well, since I love crazy stories, I decided….without consulting anyone……to put it on my blog.
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For millions of residents of Mushin and Ijeshatedo, two bustling, sprawling Lagos communities, May 11, 2012 would remain an indelible date. It was the day a woman, Kikelomo, a practising Christian, reportedly delivered a baby boy at a spiritual clinic operated by a white garment church in the area. The baby was said to have glided out of his mother’s womb with his right hand tightly clutching a gold-coloured mini-Quran.  

The baby has since been christened Abdulwahab Iyanda Aderemi Amin-Olorun Irawo, at an elaborate Islamic ceremony in Mushin. The event was attended by top Islamic clerics from within and outside Lagos. 

Expectedly, the strange development has been generating heated debates among Christians, Muslims, adherents of indigenous religions as well as the non-religious. When the reporter visited the place early in the week, Kikelomo’s mum, popularly called Say Mama by neighbours, was enraged after discovering the caller was a journalist. She told the reporter that the family would no longer grant any interview on the baby. “You journalists are just writing false stories about the baby and our family. I picked up a Yoruba paper today and they were writing nonsense. They said prominent Nigerians gave us millions of naira but we haven’t received anything,” the elderly woman said.  The reporter assured her that the reports would be fair to her family, assuring her that there would be no falsehood in his story. After a while, the elderly woman said the baby and her mother were no longer with her. 


She was persuaded by the reporter and the two ladies. She later succumbed, warning, however, that she must not be misquoted as her husband had asked her not to talk to reporters anymore. She said though the prominent people mentioned in some dailies had not given the family any money, ordinary people have been bringing gifts for her boy. “Almost everyone who has called to see the baby brought gifts for him. If you give him a gift, he would pray for you,” she said smiling. She said it was true that the baby held a miniature Quran wrapped in a plain nylon at birth, adding that the holy book had bloodstains at the edges even though the Quran itself wasn’t soiled. She said the Quran was taken to the Chief Imam of Lagos who eventually unwrapped and confirmed it as the Holy Quran. She said no part of the holy book was missing. She said her husband has stored the Quran in his safe for safekeeping when the reporter called.


She regretted that journalists also wrote damaging reports about the woman in whose church she delivered her baby, saying the church leader almost expelled her from the church. She told the reporter that the woman wasn’t in town but emphasised that the cleric had decided against granting any interviews again since she was being misquoted. 

Kikelomo said she wasn’t a member of the church, though she had been a member of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. She said she only went to Rev Dada’s church to be delivered of her baby.  Has she now become a Muslim, you asked. She merely smiled. The two ladies answered for her, saying since the birth of the miracle baby, Kikelomo had automatically become one. She didn’t fault the women. Read more visit SUN




I am not saying it is true ooo, but is it possible?.