One Baby, One Missing Twin: Ogun Mother Alleges Hospital, Husband’s Family Know Whereabouts; Husband Blames Substance Abuse for Collapsed Marriage

Oluwatosin Bankole says she delivered twins but regained consciousness to find only one baby in her arms.

Years later, she is still waiting for answers, alleging a deliberate cover-up involving the hospital where she gave birth and her husband’s family, who she claims knew a scan had confirmed she was carrying twins.

A Mother’s Search for the Truth

ValidViewNetwork gathered that an Ogun State woman, Oluwatosin Bankole, has alleged that her second twin mysteriously disappeared after she gave birth, claiming that both the hospital where she delivered and her husband’s family know the whereabouts of the missing child.

Bankole said she went into a hospital expecting to come out with two babies. She came out with one.

Years later, she is still waiting for someone to tell her the truth.

The Alleged Cover-Up

According to her, no one was willing to give her a straight answer about what happened to the other baby.

Her search for answers has stretched across years, and she says it has been met with silence, deflection and what she describes as a deliberate cover-up involving the hospital where she gave birth and her husband’s family.

Bankole also stated that her mother-in-law was aware of a scan indicating she was carrying twins, but after the surgery, she was allegedly informed that the twins had become one.

Physical Assault Allegation

She further alleged that three to four days after giving birth, while she was still recovering, she was physically assaulted by her husband’s younger sibling and her mother-in-law.

A Public Appeal

Bankole has taken her case to the public, sharing her story in a video that has been widely circulated. The Punch Newspapers published the video on its Instagram page, where it has generated significant engagement, with many Nigerians calling for a thorough investigation into the matter.

The Other Side

Bankole’s husband, Sheriff Akanbi, has accused her of substance abuse, stating their marriage collapsed over the issue.

Akanbi alleged that before they got married, Bankole refused his advances during a meeting at a hotel in Agbado and that he later heard claims that she was involved in commercial sex work at another hotel in Sango.

A Lesson for Nigeria

Bankole’s ordeal is a reminder that the most painful questions are often the ones left unanswered.

The same institutions that are meant to protect life, hospitals, families can become sources of deep pain when accountability is absent.

The same people who have the power to answer her questions have chosen silence.

For Nigeria, the lesson is clear: a society that does not seek the truth for its most vulnerable citizens cannot claim to be just.

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The same leaders who speak of child protection must be willing to ensure that no mother is left searching for her child in silence.

Demand accountability. Support the search for truth. And never forget that every unanswered question is a wound that never heals.