The Nigerian comedian Alibaba has disclosed how his wife, Mary Akpobome, convinced him to become a father of triplets.
In April of last year, the 59-year-old comic and Mary welcomed their triplet. The dedication ceremony for the couple’s children was also held in Lagos.
Alibaba stated that their decision to have additional children was spurred by Mary’s desire for a son in a recent appearance on the Leadership podcast.
The comic claimed that Mary thought their house was empty since their two kids were studying overseas.
He stated that although she had originally intended to adopt three children, they ultimately decided to conceive their children via in vitro fertilisation. In IVF, the woman’s eggs and sperm are combined in a lab setting outside of her body.
“Madam had always wanted to have a son. She had two daughters and we talked about it,” he said.
“So, I told her I didn’t want to be having school runs, joining Wizkid, and attending PTA meetings. One truth is the nest becomes empty when all the children have to go abroad to study and the discussion comes up again.
“By the way, she had wanted to adopt two or three children to care for them. One day, she then said instead of adopting, let’s just have our own. I was like, OK, but the way the economy is and she replied, ‘you said the economy is bad,’ I said yes and she said, have you stopped paying house rent for people? I said no. She asked again, ‘Have you stopped paying school fees?’ And I said no.”
Alibaba said he agreed to one child, but Mary suggested two to account for potential IVF failures. He said to their surprise, one egg split into two, resulting in triplets.
“She said if you think about it, the reason why God put you in this position might be more than taking care of yourself. So I said okay, let’s do one and she now said if we do one you know that IVF fails so let’s do two,” he continued.
“So, I said, let’s do two and then one of the eggs split into two and that was how it became three. When it became three she and the doctor knew that it had become three but they didn’t want to tell me. So they they were like sometimes when God wants to bless you, you don’t know how he wants to bless you, he will just do it.
“She said the eggs split into two and I said it was two we were looking for and she said it is now three. Then we have three boys.”
Born Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome, the comedian married Mary in 2006.
