Father seeks help after wife gives birth to triplets

A pepper seller in the Mushin area of Lagos State, Friday Aloh, whose wife gave birth to triplets at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, on Tuesday, is urgently seeking financial assistance to offset the hospital bills.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the young couple had previously welcomed twins a few years before the wife gave birth to triplets on Tuesday.

During an interview with PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, the distressed father lamented that the birth of the triplets had left his family’s future looking bleak and uncertain.

While appealing for financial assistance from well-meaning Nigerians, Aloh lamented that the country’s economic hardship had crippled his business, making it difficult to provide for their three children let alone the additional three his wife was delivered of on Tuesday.

He said, “In September 2019, God blessed us with two bouncing baby girls. In 2023, we had a bouncing baby girl. Yesterday, she (my wife) gave birth to triplets; two boys and one girl. Right now, we are still at the LASUTH. We are here.

“I run a small foodstuff business, selling dry pepper at the Mushin Market. However, I’ve been facing challenges because sales are no longer as good as they used to be. The economy has badly affected my business.

“Taking care of these triplets is not an easy task for me. I am seeking help from anyone, be it individuals or organisations, to support us. People keep asking how we are managing and my only answer is that it’s by God’s grace. We need assistance to pay the hospital and raise these children,” Aloh pleaded.

He added that the hospital had not yet provided them with the bills, but he had already exhausted all his money, saying the family was concerned about how much longer they would need to stay at the hospital.

“We have spent everything we had on various medical tests and purchasing blood,” Aloh lamented.

The mother of the triplets, Salome Aloh, expressed similar concerns during a separate telephone interview with PUNCH Metro on Wednesday.

“I am still in the hospital, and we have no means to pay the bills or care for these babies. We already have a set of twins and a daughter, and we never expected to have triplets this time. We are pleading with Nigerians to come to our aid,” she pleaded.

The family informed our correspondent that they could be reached at 07032627827 for any assistance.