Renowned comedian Atunyota Akpobome, aka Ali Baba, has opened up about welcoming triplets at 59.
In a recent conversation on the
Leadership Podcast, Ali Baba said he and his wife, Mary, initially planned to
have one more son, driven by Mary’s desire for another child after their kids
left for abroad to study.
The couple considered adoption
but opted for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) instead, intending to fertilise two
eggs.
However, fate had other plans
as one egg split into two, resulting in triplets.
Recounting Mary’s persuasive
argument that influenced his decision, Ali Baba said: “Madam had always wanted
to have a son. She had two daughters and we talked about it.
“So, I told her I didn’t want
to be having school runs, joining Wizkid and attending PTA meetings. One truth
is the nest becomes empty when all the children have to go abroad to study and
the discussion comes up again.
“By the way, she had wanted to
adopt two or three children to take care of them. One day, she then said
instead of adopting, let’s just have our own. I was like, OK, but the way the
economy is and she replied, ‘you said the economy is bad,’ I said yes and she
said, have you stopped paying house rent for people? I said no. She asked
again, “Have you stopped paying school fees?” and I said no.
“We have a foundation, the
Purple Girl Foundation, taking care of over 120 people in schools from primary
to university. Beyond that foundation, we have people we are paying school fees
for and people we are sending to law school. So, she said all those people you
are helping, do you remember the economy?
“She said if you think about
it, the reason why God put you in this position might be more than taking care
of yourself. So I said okay, let’s do one and she now said if we do one you
know that IVFD fails so let’s do two.
“So, I said, let’s do two and
then one of the eggs split into two and that was how it became three. When it
became three she and the doctor knew that it had become three but they didn’t
want to tell me. So they they were like sometimes when we ask God for one
million, he gives you two million. When God want to bless you you don’t know
how he wants to bless you, he will just do.
“So, I was like where is this
going? She said the eggs split into two and I said it was two we were looking
for and she said it is now three. Then we have three boys.”
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