By Ola Ajayi

Ibadan—FATHER of the quintuplets at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Alfa Yussuf Rasaq Ewenje, has acknowledged receipt of some money for the babies’ upkeep.

While expressing appreciation for the kind gestures of Nigerians towards his family, he lamented that the daily prescription of drugs was becoming a source of concern to him.

He told Vanguard on phone yesterday: “Yes, I have been receiving money in my bank account. Some people sent N2,000 and some N5,000. We are very grateful to these kind-hearted Nigerians.

“We have been using the money on drugs and tests. Thank God we are getting this money. What would I have done? But my heart is thumping because I do not know what the bills will be. I just pray that more Nigerians help me so that we can settle the bills.”

On the condition of the babies, he said four of them were normal now, while the fifth was still in the incubator.

When asked when they would be discharged from the hospital, Ewenje said: “They have not told me yet. Thank God because the mother and the babies are recuperating fast. I have been buying drugs on daily basis. I have just been given another list.”

He said he was still expecting the Oyo State Government, particularly Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, wife of Governor Abiola Ajimobi, to extend her motherly love to them, as she had demonstrated to others.

He was particularly grateful to Vanguard, saying it was when people saw the account number in Vanguard that money started coming in.

He said: “It is only God that can reward you for this show of love and understanding.”

He said anyone who wishes to help can still do so via: Rasaq Yusuf Babatunde, Guarantee Trust Bank, 0131404208.

It will be recalled that Mrs. Sakirat Rasaq, 28, who had two children before, was delivered of a set of quintuplets in the teaching hospital last week, bringing the number of her children to seven.