Daily Post Nigeria My wife convinced me to father triplets at 59 – Ali Baba Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Entertainment My wife convinced me to father triplets at 59 – Ali Baba Published on September 24, 2024 By Ifreke Inyang Legendary stand-up comedian Atunyota Akpobome, popularly known as Ali Baba, has revealed how he ended up fathering triplets at 59. According to him, the plan was to have one more son with his wife, Mary. Ali Baba, speaking on the Leadership Podcast, claimed his wife had a strong desire for another son, especially after their kids had traveled abroad for school.
The couple initially considered adopting more children, but eventually decided to try for it biologically. This, he said, led them to pursue In Vitro fertilisation, intending to fertilise two eggs, hoping for at least one successful pregnancy. Ali Baba recounted: “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 peo.
