A female inmate of Afokang prison, Calabar, Cross River State capital, has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl.
An eyewitness told Daily Post that the commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang Archibong received a distress call from the prison authorities about an inmate with complicated labour issues.
She said that the Commissioner and her team immediately swung into action to provide health services to the inmate.
When the news medium visited the prisons on Sunday, the workers refused to disclose the identity of the inmate, saying it was classified as she was still an inmate.
An officer, who pleaded anonymity, said the lady was currently receiving treatment in a medical facility in Calabar.
When contacted on phone on Sunday, the Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang Asibong said the state government has taken over the management of the babies.
“Gov. Ben Ayade has donated N1 million and other gift items to the management of the General Hospital Calabar for the upkeep of the prison inmate who gave birth to twins at the hospital on Thursday April 18,” she said.