After 17 years, Nigerian Couple Welcome A Set Of Twins Only To Lose Them In A Fatal Accident 5 Months Later

After 17 years of childlessness, Nasarawa
State- born couple, Shedrack and Mercy
Audu welcomed a set of twins, a boy and
girl on November 7, 2016.




The children
christened Joseph and Philomena, were
killed in a fatal accident on Monday, April
17, on their way to Makurdi, Benue State.




Speaking to blazegist.us, Shedrack, a
lecturer at Nasarawa State Polytechnic said
they went to Makurdi, on the invitation of
his bosom friend, Fidelis Mbaka, to show
him their bundles of joy.




On that fateful day, the couple set out with
the babies at about 10.30am aboard a
commuter vehicle, which took off from the
Lafia motor park en-route Makurdi.




A 911 vehicle loaded with yam coming
from the opposite direction rammed into
their vehicle while manouvring off a crater,
killing seven persons on the spot including
the 5-month old twin babies.




Among the
dead were the driver and four other
passengers aboard the Toyota car in which
Shedrack was travelling with his family.




The couple, who were the only survivors
were rescued and rushed to the General
Hospital, Daudu, where they were revived
and placed on intensive care for one week,
before being transferred to the Dalhatu
Specialist Hospital, Lafia, Nasarawa State
capital.



They were recently certified fit and
discharged.



“My brother, life is worthless and
meaningless to me now; I have
surrendered my life to God. I am 50
years old while my wife is 42; we
have allowed God to do His wish”,
says Shedrack, as he told the story of
his battle with childlessness before a
breakthrough, but the joy was short-
lived.



“My twins were born on November 7,
2016, and they died on April 17,
2017.



I met my wife who is of Eggon
extraction from Akwanga Local
Government Area of Nasarawa State,
in 1998 at the University of Jos where
I was studying for my Master’s
degree in Business Management; she
was a student in the Theatre Arts
department.




We dated for a year and
got married.



Three years after our
marriage, there was no pregnancy
and we became worried; we visited
Dalhatu Specialist Hospital for medical
checkup and after a detailed
examination, it was discovered that
she did an abortion in 1997 through
a quack doctor, which affected her
womb.




“From that time till 2016, we were in
and out of the hospital trying to see
how she could conceive to no avail.




We were initially afraid that once she
reached menopause, it would be a
big problem; she suggested we go
for in-vitro fertilization (IVF-test tube)
where the eggs and sperm are
fertilized outside the womb into test
tube, but I disagreed.



We remained
faithful to God until February 2016,
when she conceived naturally and
delivered through caesarian
operation.


We were extremely happy,
but God has taken them away”, he
lamented.



Shedrack, who hails from Lafia Local
Government Area of Nasarawa State, also
gave graphic details of the fatal crash,
which claimed his babies.



“As we were approaching Daudu in
Guma Local Government Area of
Benue State, a fully loaded 911 truck
was dodging a pothole at the time
our car was also negotiating to
dodge it; the truck rammed into our
car.



My wife was carrying our female
baby, Philomina, while I lapped the
male, Joseph; they died instantly as
they were badly hit by fragments of
the crushed car; the driver and four
other passengers also died on the
spot, while my wife and I sustained
injuries.



We were taken to the Daudu
General Hospital unconscious, but my
twin babies who died instantly were
taken to Lafia and buried by my
younger brother who was contacted
through my telephone”.