Nigerians received with excitement the cheering news from the University of Ilorin Teaching hospital of a set of conjoined female twins who were successfully separated by a team of medical experts.
The separation took place on Thursday, January 14.
The babies were separated by a 66-member all Nigerian team of paediatric surgeons, paediatricians, paediatric cardiologist, anaesthetists, cardiothoracic surgeon, nurses, pharmacists, behavioral scientists and many more.
The team was led by Paediatric surgeon, Prof Lukman Abdul-Rahman who is pictured above carrying the babies.