How I welcomed Triplets at 59 – AliBaba

Legendary comedian Atunyota Akpobome, popularly known as Ali Baba, recently shared how he became a father of triplets at 59.

Speaking on the Leadership Podcast, Ali Baba revealed that the plan was to have one more son with his wife, Mary, especially after their children had left for school abroad. Though they initially considered adoption, they ultimately decided to pursue In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF). Their goal was to fertilize two eggs, hoping for at least one successful pregnancy, but it unexpectedly led to the birth of triplets.

He said; “Madam had always wanted to have a son. She had two daughters and we talked about it.

“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 take care of 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.

“We have a foundation, the Purple Girl Foundation, taking care of over 120 people in schools from primary to university. Beyond that foundation, we have people we are paying school fees for and people we are sending to law school. So, she said all those people you are helping, do you remember the economy?

“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 IVFD fails so let’s do two.

“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 we ask God for one million, he gives you two million. When God want to bless you you don’t know how he wants to bless you, he will just do.

“So, I was like where is this going? 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.”