PHOTO: Borno IDP Gives Birth To Rare Creature, Harlequin

An Internally Displaced Person (IDP) has reportedly given birth in Maiduguri, Borno State. but instead of drawing a natural excitement, the reverse was the case as she gave birth to a creature that got all scared.

According to Yerwa Express News, the women and workers at the Umaru Shehu Ultramodern Hospital in Maiduguri were said to have fled the scene.

An doctor at the hospital, who prefered not to be metioned described the condition of the baby as Harlequin-type ichthyosis.

Harlequin-type ichthyosis is a genetic disorder which results in thickened skin over nearly the entire body at birth.

‘The skin forms large, diamond-shaped plates that are separated by deep cracks.

‘They affect the shape of the eyelids, nose, mouth, and ears, and limit movement of the arms and legs’.

Records have shown that such child don’t survive more than the first month.

Reports also say that the doctors at the relevant department are as at the time of filing this report in an operation room.