I’m ready for DNA test, miracle woman says
On June 18, 2011 · In Interview

Last week, we published a story of one Precious Donatus Ogbonna who claimed she has delivered seven babies in one year. In order to bring you a detailed report this week, Saturday Vanguard deplored personnel to Owerri, where she is based to find out more about the story. Ishola Balogun writes.

TO many, her story is bizarre while to others, it is a miracle. Giving birth to seven babies in one year is unbelievable and those in the field of medicine have described it as inexplicable.

But to Pastor Precious Donatus Ogbonna, the mother of the seven babies, it is a miracle. It will for a long time remain a life-affirming tale of the Ogbonna family which has now put multiple births into perspective, at least in this part of the world.

Precious, mother of miracle babies





In her Umuelele, Irete residence and MCC road where her church is located, Mrs Ogbonna was popular even before her miraculous delivery of the babies.

Few people in her neighbourhood who volunteered to speak to Saturday Vanguard on her character said they knew her as a prayer warrior and General Overseer of Holy Ghost Power Salvation Ministry, Owerri, adding that the birth of the babies was yet another miracle in recent times.

But what is more stunning now is that it seems the ‘miracle’ is still unfolding as she Mrs Ogbonna claims that she is still expecting more. She told Saturday Vanguard: “As I am talking to you, I am still expecting another one. I am feeling it. I had actually prayed for seven children but God said I was going to have ten,” she says.

For those who still doubts the veracity of her story, the Pastor has challenged that she is ready for a DNA test as a scientific proof for her miracle. She however refused to name the hospitals where her deliveries took place saying:”Those who are waiting to be told the hospitals where the deliveries took place before they would believe this miracle should know that we are in a computer age. I will make my children available and very ready for a DNA test.”

She also added that God had warned her not to mention the name of the hospitals where she delivered her babies.
Interestingly, she hinted that this miracle was predicted by her niece, a 10year old prophetess in her household.

Saturday Vanguard could not speak with her husband, Mr Donatus Ogbonna, a furniture maker in Owerri. In what looked like a deliberate attempt to avoid the press, we were told he returned home late at night and left home very early in the following morning to answer a certain urgent call. Below are details of her story.

My story
My names are Precious Ogbonna, Pastor of Holy Ghost Power Salvation Ministry, Owerri, I trusted God for the fruit of the womb for a very long time, and after12 years, God remembered me and gave all these children. It was one conception that generated this miracle. While I was praying for babies, I prayed also for other people to have babies and God answered them and they gave testimonies.

But I kept wondering why I should be left out in the miracle. I used to tell God what people used to say about me, the persecution, mockery and other tribulations, but I believe these were bound to happen. God told me I was going to conceive and that month did not go without the wish of God coming to pass. When I took in, I went for a pregnancy test and it was positive. But at that point, two months after, I saw blood as if it was my menstrual period and it continued like that till the night month.

There was a time it flew for 14 days. I prayed and God told me blood was not pregnancy. Somebody also told me it was a sign of multiple pregnancies. At the night month, I put to bed a baby girl. Because of the long period of childlessness, I prayed to God that I wanted multiple babies.

After returning from hospital, friends came to give me some further treatment, they were massaging me seriously to ensure there was no congealed blood. They tied a wrapper on my stomach but when I prayed, God said I should remove the wrapper and I did instantly.

I was taking the usual pepper soup, not knowing I had more babies in my womb. But the baby died after five days . I kept believing God has a better plan for me. I called my little niece who had earlier prophesied that I was going to be pregnant to pray for me. She did and said that I was still pregnant. After sometime, I went to do an ultra scan and it was confirmed that I was pregnant.

They also confirmed that there was a fibroid and a hole somewhere. I also did not reveal that I gave birth to a baby before. I was afraid they would recommend surgery. On the eighth month after the first baby, I gave birth to another baby girl named Conqueror Ogbonna.

Few days after the birth, I was still feeling some kicks in my stomach. I visited a doctor and he prescribed some hard drugs which I refused to take and one month after, I had another baby named Angel Ogbonna. When I went back to the hospital where I bore the other one, the doctor did not accept me saying he was confused . He said such a thing has never happened before.

That made me to register in so many hospitals. In August, I put to bed again, another baby girl. Somebody who came to congratulate me asked why I was giving birth to only female babies, asking if it was only female babies I had in my womb. I became sad and I prayed to God and on August 16, 2010, I bore a baby boy named Ekpereamaka, meaning prayer is good.

Thereafter, on September 19, 2010, I had another female baby named Fineseed. On October 19, 2010, I also had another named Evidence (female) and until January 13, 2011, I had Flourish, another male and lastly on April 2, 2011, I gave birth to Ebenezer, male. It is an unusual miracle. Each baby had its placenta and that meant 16 ‘pushes’.

People were wondering how it happened. I believe God decided to honour me in this way. And as I am talking to you, I am still expecting another one. I am feeling it. I had actually prayed for seven children but God said I was going to have ten.

So, I marvelled and thought the ten would come in a space of twenty years not knowing what God had in stock for me. Right now, I want to tell you that I am feeling baby kicks. When the next baby will come, I don’t know and I am not ready to do any ultra scan.

Kidnappers were after me, I‘ll not reveal the hospitals but I’m ready for DNA test

When Pastor Precious was asked to name the hospital where she gave birth to her babies, she declined saying: “I will not go against what God asked me to do. Do you know that when I delivered the first baby, people wanted to kidnap me and the baby? But God prevailed on them. I told you I am a deliverance Minister.”

When asked how she could prove that, she said: “That is the fact. You know my work and yours are not the same. I am a Pastor who prays for different people and when you do that and people see the result, those who don’t wish them good might go after your life. So, whichever way God asked me to do something, that is how I go about it.

Those who are waiting to be told the hospitals before they believe should know that we are in a computer age and I am available and very ready for a DNA test. Maybe, that will convince them but as for me to mention the name of the hospitals, no, I won’t do that because God warned me against that. I remember when I went back to the first hospital to deliver the second baby, they said ‘woman! are you crazy’, how can you say you are in labour after putting to bed last month’

Miracle babies

Why I’m not breastfeeding the babies

“I breastfed the first baby, but when she died, I took some drugs in order to stabilise my breast. And when the second baby came, I did not breast feed it based on two things. I was still feeling the kicks of babies in my womb and I was advised not to breastfeed while still pregnant.

Again, God ministered to me not to do that. My kids take instant formula of two and half cartoons every week at the cost of N26, 000 and about 10 cartoons every month which is about N260, 000 monthly.And they also wear pampers and need other things. It is not easy.

Little prophetess in the house
Mmesonma Onyenachi, 10, is a cousin of the miracle woman (Precious Ogbonna). Little Mmesonma sometime ago prophesied that her aunty would soon forget the trauma of childlessness and give birth in a miraculous way.

When Pastor Precious got pregnant and delivered her first baby in 2009, which passed on five days later, little Mmesonma prophesied again that there were more babies coming and behold, it came to pass. According to her “I didn’t just know how I do that but I just realised that it is a special natural gift.” she said.

On what she intend to become in future, Mmesonma, a primary four pupil of an unnamed primary school in Owerri said she neither wants to become a doctor nor an engineer but a Pastor. “I want to become a Pastor, and I know with my special gift, I will achieve that.” She continued that “Because of the way I used to pray for people, my schoolmates call me pastor.”

Her aunty (Pastor Precious Ogbonna) noted that Mmesonma fasts every Saturday and often times go on fasting every other day. “She became a prophetess at the age of nine. Apart from her prophesy that I will give birth to more babies, she is known in the church for giving prophesies and they always come to pass. She prays and fasts a lot. I sometimes have to plea with her to do a 6-12 fasting instead of 6-6 fasting.” she stated.

Amazing qualities of the babies
Among the seven babies, Pastor Precious said Chizitere, (Treasure) female, who was born June 3, 2010 has amazing qualities. She noted that little Treasure amazed the family when she began to talk at four months. “She started talking calling ‘Tata’ when she clocked four months. It amazed us but we also know they all are precious gifts from God with special blessings” Another amazing quality of Treasure, she added was that “when ever she hits my stomach calling tata frequently, I will go into labour to born the next baby. She has done that a couple of times. Apart from that, all of them are happy and growing very well.”

Neighbours speak

It’s true, she is a prayer warrior — Victoria Ikenwosu,
It is true. It is what can be called an uncommon miracle. I know her; she used to go to pray for people even before she was called as a pastor. She is a prayer warrior. Why should people doubt it? What is the basis for lying about giving birth to seven children? You should first of all know that she has the trouble of taking care of them all. If she wanted to adopt babies, how can she adopt seven babies? Just look at their feeding, clothing, and general upkeep, let alone when they start going to school. I think no one will do that knowing what she would face. But because it is natural, it remains a blessing”

I was not in the labour room with her — Anonymous
It is still a puzzle to me. I hear the story and I still cannot understand it. But from a religious angle, well, God is capable of doing anything. All I can tell you about her is that she is a pastor of a church and people believe her as somebody with integrity. On the basis of that, I believe the story. But I was not in the labour room with her, we just heard the story of her multiple birth.

It is a miracle!— Mama Onyekachi, Trader
I attend her church and because of the wonderful things in terms of miracle that she is doing, I believe her story. She used to pray for people who had no kids and they would be blessed through her prayers. People come from different places for one thing or the other and they give good testimonies about the case at the end. I know of several people she has helped in prayer for the fruit of the womb and it is normal to believe that a miracle could happen in her case.
What doctors, others say

By Ebun Babalola
It cannot be explained—
Dr Donald Chidi Nwankwo, a Physician, FUTO Medical Centre
Do you know anything that cannot be explained could be said to be miracle. I have written to the state government because I know the world will ask questions on this case. Government should take it up and look into it.

I really don’t blame people who doubt it because since it is miracle, people will doubt it. It is only in science that we have proof but in a miracle, there is no proof. So, if they don’t doubt it, then it is not a miracle. What is beyond human imagination is called miracle.

In the present time, it is possible but you may not be able to explain it. A normal human being have one uterus just like you can say one heart for one person but supposing tomorrow, we see somebody with two hearts and more than one uterus as human being, what do we do?. So, on the woman, the matter can be proved through a DNA test. There are other scientific ways of proving it though but that would be complicated and expensive.

I want Nigerians to come to her aid— Mrs Evan Ibeh Florence
Pastor Precious Ogbonna Donatus is my sister and a friend. She lives with her family in Owerri. She is from my husband’s village, Irete, Owerri. She got married 1998 and since then , was barren for twelve years. Miraculously, she gave birth to eight babies, one died and seven are doing very well in one conception of four girls, three boys.

I want Nigerians to come to her aid and so, I introduced her to “Moments with Mo” after watching a similar incident on the programme. A particular family blessed God for giving them a child after many years of childlessness. ‘Mo’ instructed that the woman should come to Lagos. Series of tests were conducted on her and the children including DNA, Genotype, and Blood group to ascertain.

So this is not a case of stealing babies. She came to Lagos on Wednesday May 25, 2011 and went back on June 12, 2011 to Owerri where they reside. Her husband is a furniture maker while she is a Pastor. She dedicated the babies on Easter Sunday in her church in Owerri. At the airport, people were giving them gifts through the pamphlets. Some media representatives also came to report the story. But, the story was carried in Saturday Vanguard June 11,2011.

This case should be properly investigated by the police- Dr. Tunde Okewale, an Obstetrician and Gynecologist and Fertility Expert with St. Ives Hospital

Medically speaking, it is near impossible. If she said she had seven children at once, that is believable. There are cases like that in IVF. But to have seven children in eleven months is impossible. The case should be properly investigated by the police.

Biologically, it is impossible and if this particular issue happens abroad, the police will be involved in the case.
You can’t make this kind of claim anywhere else in the world apart from Nigeria and get away with it. It is impossible to be having a child nearly every month. People would asked which hospital she had those babies or which doctor took the delivery.

In fact, it is not something that should be let go. Seven children just can’t come from anywhere. Since, she had made the claims of the seven babies public, I think, it is instructive that journalists should be around when she will be delivering the other three. The police and journalists should know the hospital or even if it is a traditional birth attendant. A pregnancy lasts for nine months. So, it is impossible that within eleven months, she had had seven children differently.
The awareness is increasing by the day and thousands of babies have been born through IVF techniques in Nigeria. Presently, there are about nineteenth IVF clinics and they are all improving as the day goes by. Women are supporting the programme. There are cases of eighteen years of infertility that IVF had solved. IVF is a well-known technology and having triplets or quadruplets on its own is risky not to mention seven. If someone say, I have seven babies through IVF, I will say, it is possible but not that you are having child nearly every month. The pregnancy will be stormy, the womb of the woman will be distended, it is almost certain that the baby will come out premature and the woman might lose all the babies. It is very difficult. I don’t believe the story.

I’m not disputing miracles— Arch. Adeyemi Atilade
I will not dispute a miracle happening at any time but there are some that seem to be untrue or realistic. I don’t have the total information about this particular matter at hand. But I will say a miracle is something that is unexpected and with God, all things are possible.

On the other hand, because of the present circumstances in our country and because of diabolical and satanic influence, all these things have to be verified and tested to know the authenticity of such a story and such a claim. Such claims should be thoroughly investigated.

There is what we call delay delivery, so it could be multiple births which did not come at the same time. But, the incident must be investigated to know whether it is a miracle, chance, accident or nature.

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