Gani Adams wife delivers baby boy after 18 miscarriages and 9 years of waiting

The National Co-coordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams whose family was recently blessed with a baby boy after nine years of marriage, has revealed that his wife, Erelu Mojisola Adams had 18 miscarriages before the arrival of the baby.
In an interview with TrendsNigeria, Adams said: “my wife was never barren.
She had about 18 miscarriages during the trying period.” The leader of OPC added: “those days were days of pains and agony but with my belief in God, I knew that one day, my wife will have the fruit of the womb.”
Adams said that the baby, born on Sunday 7 April 2012, will be given a name on the eighth day, Sunday 15 April, 2012 but promised to hold an elaborate party for the baby on his own birthday on 5 May 2012.
“I am now fulfilled as a man, because I have a baby that I can call mine. It will be a double celebration during my birthday,” he said.

16 years after, a bundle of joy arrives

The auditorium of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Ambassador District, Sasha, Lagos had hardly opened than cheerful faces - worshippers and guest of Otunba Femi Davies and his wife, Olori Dupe, a niece of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi - trooped in to fecilitate with the family on the Thanksgiving/Naming of a bouncing baby girl, Alice Ifeoluwa, after 16 years of marriage.

Their love journey commenced on October 19, 1991 and four years later, November 23,
1995, Otunba Femi Davies and his pretty sweetheart, Olori Dupe, a niece of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi,
consummated their union.
After the wedding the couple, like others, began expecting the fruit of the womb
soonest, but that was not to be.
Days passed as were months and years yet there was no sign of pregnancy. Then,
anxiety set in.
As usual, their pastors and the congregation prayed regularly, medical
practitioners exhausted their arsenals, all to no avail.
There was pressure on Olori Dupe from some of her husband's relatives to allow him
marry another wife saying Ori omo lo n pe omo waye (meaning a child from
another woman could be a blessing to her).
But her husband, rejected the idea insisted that marriage is not all about child
rearing alone. The rest is now history.
God then went on to fufil His promise in their lives by bestowing a bouncing baby girl named Alice Ifeoluwa to the patient couple on August 21.
When the couple entered the auditorium of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC),
Ambassador District, Sasha, Lagos penultimate Sunday, it was all joy.
Olori Dupe could not hold back tears of joy rolling down his cheeks. Her special
praise-song was rendered in an emotional laden voice.
The whole church went into wild jubilation, dancing to the soul-inspiring songs
rendered by the church choir.
Dupe looked radiant in purple lace Iro and Buba with headgear while her husband
shone in a flowing Agbada, a cap and shoe to match.
The church cleric, Pastor Mathew Olusola continuously charged the congregation with
"Praise the living God" while thunderous Halleluiah!!! followed.
Pastor Olusola described the couple as a good example worthy of emulation by the
members.
He thanked God for their lives.
“
Throughout the trying period, their faith did not wane. They continued to pray,
waiting and hoping for God's blessing. It is a great lesson for all of us that God is still there to do at anytime he wills," he said.
Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Alliance Insurance Brokers Limited, Alhaji
Oladotun Amoo congratulated the couple.
"I am very delighted to be here. The couple are wonderful, very humble, supportive and kind. I have known Otunba since 1994. He has been a generous man and humane person. He is a person that I will do anything for," Alhaji Amoo said.
He urged those looking for the fruit of the womb to take a cue from the couple and
be patient.
"Otunba has the capacity to marry another wife, but he realised that would not Olori’s.
him a baby. I laud his perseverance and guarantee. I wish the baby greatness in
life and be a source of blessings to the Davies family," he said.
Vice-Chairman, Lagos State University (LASU) Ikorodu Campus, Mr Dipo Arigbede said the
delivery called for a big celebration.
He described the couple as loving.
“They put their faith in God and see what the Lord has done in their lives. It
is another testimony for us that God has a plan for everybody," he said.
Olori Dupe's cousin, Francis Aladeyi described the development as a surprise to the
extended family.
"Throughout the period, except they told you about their predicament, the union was ever strong. I haven't seen in my life the typ of the love exhibited by this
couple,” he said.
Dupe thanked the guests for sharing in their joy.
She singled out her husband for the undiluted love and care shown to her throughout
the trying period.
"I have not seen a man like him in my life. He kept encouraging me to believe in
God. There has never been a time people reported him for infidelity. I thank
him and will continue to love him for the rest of my life because he is such an
amazing person," she said.

Parents after 22 years of marriage; Kayode & Funmi Komolafe

It was a joyful thanksgiving session at the house of the Deputy Managing Director of ThisDay Newspaper, Mr Kayode Komolafe, as friends and well-wishers thronged his Ikosi GRA residence, Lagos, to felicitate with him on the birth of a baby boy after 22 years of seeking the fruit of the womb.
Tajudeen Adebanjo was there.
For the family of the Deputy Managing Director of ThisDay Newspaper, Mr Kayode Komolafe, otherwise known as KK, and his lovely wife, Funmi, an Assistant Editor with Vanguard Newspaper, giving birth to a bouncing baby boy after 22 years of barenness, was joy unlimited. Of course, they have every cause to be happy. Their mates, who married at the same time with them, had long thrown away their babies' diapers.
However, that God answered them after more than two decades of waiting was good enough to establish the feeble-minded Christians in similar circumstances.
After marriage, their career took priority on their minds hence they planned to work for two years before making babies. But unknown to them God had another plan.
They were to wait for twenty-two years to glorify His name. As the holy book says:
And when the baby finally came, it was a moment of gratitude and celebration of their strong faith in God. Last Tuesday, families, friends, colleagues and well-wishers joined them for the christening of the long awaited baby.
Guests at the christening were led by Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi; his Osun State counterpart, Rauf Aregbesola; Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana; former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy; Mr Dele Alake; his Environment counterpart, Mr Tunji Bello.
Others included: Managing Director, National Life, Mr Louis Odion; Editor, The Nation, Mr Gbenga Omotoso; Lagos State University (LASU) don, Dr Abubakar Momoh and Chairman, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Hon Kehinde Bamigbetan.
The baby was christened Oluwajuwonlo; Isaac; Kayode Kayode Komolafe by Pastor Gbenga Osho of Laughter Foundation Cathedral.
The baby was immediately given a nickname, 'Tripple K'.
“I am indeed grateful to God after a long struggle. It is the mercy of God. This is joy unspeakable,” Mrs Komolafe responded to The Nation during an interview.
“Everybody has one challenge or the other in life but what is important is the struggle to overcome that challenge. In my case, as my husband said 'I stubbornly held on to faith'. Yes, I held on to the word of God because I have very good Pastors that helped me to develop spiritually and things worked out fine,” Funmi, the new mother declared.
On the pressure that usually accompanies such situations, especially from in-laws, Mrs Komolafe noted that she was under a lot of it.
“Even from myself to myself (she looked at the reporter and burst into laughter), I was putting pressure on myself, without anybody telling me. The important thing is that I had faith and there is sweet victory at the end,” she said.
Mrs Komolafe said naming the child after his father was also a great delight.
“Kayode in Yoruba means a child that has brought joy. We were two before, now we are three. It is an increase, my brother. Your flesh of your flesh; your bone of your bone,” She stated.
She urged other couples facing the same challenges to be united.
Mrs. Komolafe is a devotee of what is known as Nigeria's only gynaecological church led by Pastor Gbenga Osho. The church known as Laughter Foundation, located at Ojota in Lagos is credited for its rare feat in meeting the aspirations of couples seeking the fruit of the womb.
Pastor Osho, whose decision to set up the church more than a decade ago was informed by his own traumatic experience having been ruled out of parenthood by one of Nigeria's best gynaecologists, described Mrs. Komolafe as one of the church's most consistent faithful.
For several years, Pastor Osho, while giving an exhortation he gave at the naming ceremony, said that he waited hopelessly to have children and that one of the country's best doctors told him that having a child would remain a pipedream.
“Thatreport belongs to man, God's own report soon came and children came to me”,
Pastor Osho who now has five children, said.
Source: naijanewsroom

UPDATE

Less than 7 months after the birth of their long awaited first child, the Komolafe's welcomed a set of twin girls, thus having 3 children within 15 months and in Mrs. Komolafe's words, 'cancelling all those years of waiting!' Pix below: