Nigerian comedian Ali Baba has opened up about becoming a father of triplets at the age of 59. During an appearance on the Leadership Podcast, Ali Baba shared the story of how it all unfolded.
The comedian and businessman provided insight into this life-changing experience, offering a glimpse into his journey to fatherhood. Here’s what he had to say.
Speaking about how he became a father of triplets unexpectedly, Ali Baba said:
ALI BABA: 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 doing school runs and joining Wizkid and Rema in parents and teachers Whatsapp group. But one truth is the nest becomes empty when all the children have gone abroad and so, the discussion came up again.
By the way, she had said she 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, did 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 IVF 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 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 then said the eggs split into two and I said it was two we were looking for and she said, it’s now three. Me sef, I thought it was April Fools.