Woman gives
birth to fish in A' Ibom
"Wonders
shall never seize to happen", so goes a popular saying and one
of the latest attestations to this assertion has just been recorded
in Akwa Ibom State where a young lady is said to have given birth to
what? … Wait a minute … one, no… two life fishes at a
time!.
The lady, according to the report, comes from a community in Nsit Ibom
Local government area of the state and had attended a revival service
organized by Land of Truth Fellowship Centre known among the people
as Isong Akpaniko, situated along Emco Lane in Uyo, the state capital,
when the incident occurred.
A petty trader by profession and simply identified as Mrs. Eyoh, the
woman was said to have gone to the church with her husband where both
of them usually worshipped together.
She is a deaconess, while the man is an elder in the church, our source
explained.
We learnt that she had been under the pregnancy for at least three years
and was always assured by prophesies at the church that she would have
a safe delivery, regardless what the "cargo" might look like.
However, an internal source at the church told us that during the revival
which lasted for one week, a special group of members had intensified
prayers with intermittent pronouncements pointed directly at the mysterious
birth by the expectant woman.
When, incidentally, the birth took place, the couple was consoled and
prayed for by those who witnessed it before the news spread.
The source explained that earlier at the prayer session, she indicated
signs of labour and was quickly taken away into the vestry by a few
women which included a prayer team.
However, she finally gave birth to two lively fishes without any presumed
damage or problems which sometimes accompany child delivery.
A member of the church, Mr. Udeme Afia told reporters that though it
was a mysterious birth, the congregation expressed joy to God for saving
the life of the woman by casting out the objects through the means that
pleases Him.
Mr. Afia revealed that another woman had, about a week earlier, given
birth to a tortoise in the same church and attributed the incidents
to the powers in prayer.
The founder of the church was also said to have thanked God for using
him as a vessel to save people from the pains of the devil.
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