#Lobatan Woman Gives Birth To LIVE Monkey-Like Baby In Otukpo, Benue State

I heard today that a young Nigerian woman has been delivered of a monkey-like monster in Otukpo, a popular town in Benue State. 


what i heard is that the event took place recently at St Theresa Hospital, Otukpo, where the woman said to be the wife of a hunter from Oju Local Government Area of the state gave birth to a creature that looks like a monkey.


The strange delivery, i hear came as a surprise to the already mother of nine who had successfully delivered nine children before and was just about having her 10th before this happened. According to an eyewitness, when the news broke out, residents of the town, especially those at the nearby Otukpo main market rushed to the hospital to see for themselves.


Describing the strange development as a congenital malformation, The MD to the hospital, Dr Stanley Bwala said the malformation could have been forestalled if the woman was attending antenatal care regularly. However, it was gathered that as soon as the hunter husband of hers (yep her husband is a hunter) heard about the delivery, he came and removed the monster from the hospital, and took it to an unknown destination and so far nobody knows where he took the creature child to..


however it is widely believed in that region hunters who kill strange animals sometimes have these animals reborn into their family


In a brief chat with elder Adah Okoh, a traditional ruler in the area, he noted that in the Idoma tradition, such child should not be allowed to stay with the mother for fear of reincarnation. Asked if the monster should be buried alive or killed, elder Okoh said that should be left for the family to decide.