Ondo, Nigeria - Think of labour being slow, and then think again.
A 30-year-old Nigerian woman, Tawa Ahmed, told a large and credulous gathering at her church here on Wednesday that she had been pregnant for five years and then given birth to a 1kg tortoise on Monday.
With the reptile snuggled up beside her, Ahmed told the crowd she had got pregnant five years ago in Lagos and returned to her parents' homein Ondo after she failed to give birth.
The pastor of the Rock of Ages Gospel Church, Olusegun Mayaki, said he had organised a 14-day religious event to ease Ahmed's labour pains and admitted to being "surprised" when she eventually gave birth to the tortoise.
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With her husband said to be standing by her, Ahmed was asked by a reporter to explain how it was she gave birth to a reptile but was ordered not to speak by the pastor, who said she was "tired".
Doctor Fausat Aragbaye of the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, who was one of many visitors who came to check on the woman's condition, said she doubted the story but advised it could perhaps be confirmed by a thorough medical examination.
Attenders at the church in Nigeria, where belief in miraculous happenings is widespread, said a name had yet to be chosen for the tortoise. - Sapa-AFP
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