NASSARAWA CO-JOINED TWINS EVENTUALLY DIE.

The conjoined twins born in Mararaba Medical Centre, Nasarawa state have died, according to news reports from Africa Independent Television (AIT).
Born on January 4, 2013, they were conjoined at the midsection. Minutes after birth, they were transferred to National Hospital, Abuja.
According to AIT”s report on Monday, the twin girls died on Sunday, January 6. They shared one naval and intestines.
The father of the girls, Sani Ahmed, was only informed of the death their passing on Monday morning when he came to visit them. As of the time of the TV report, their mother, 17-year old, Safiya, had not been informed.

Facts and Figures: Conjoined Twins
1.Conjoined twins are identical twins whose bodies are joined in utero.
2. A rare phenomenon, the occurrence is estimated to range from 1 in 50,000 births to 1 in 100,000 births, with a somewhat higher incidence in Southwest Asia and Africa.
3. The condition is more frequently found among females, with a ratio of 3:1.
4. The most famous pair of conjoined twins was Chang and Eng Bunker (1811–1874), Thai brothers born in Siam, now Thailand. They travelled with P.T. Barnum’s circus for many years and were billed as the Siamese Twins.

The original “Siamese Twins”, the Bunker brothers became American citizens. They married sisters and between them, produced 21 children. They ran two households, and became wealthy plantation owners, known for their brutality towards their enslaved workers.

5. The earliest known documented case of conjoined twins dates from the year 942, when a pair of conjoined twin brothers from Armenia were brought to Constantinople for medical evaluation.
6. In 2003 two women from Iran, Ladan and Laleh Bijani, who were joined at the head but had separate brains (craniopagus) were surgically separated in Singapore, despite surgeons’ warnings that the operation could be fatal to one or both. Both women died during surgery on July 8, 2003.
7. Millie and Christine McCoy (July 11, 1851 – October 8, 1912) were American conjoined twins who went by the stage names “The Two-Headed Nightingale” and “The Eighth Wonder of the World”.
8. Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova of Moscow, Russia (1950–2003), were the rarest form of conjoined twins – only known case of dicephalus tetrabrachius tripus (two heads, four arms, three legs).
9. Krista and Tatiana Hogan, are Canadian twins conjoined at the head. Born October 25, 2006, they share part of their brain and can pass sensory information and thoughts between each other.

Six-year old Krista and Tatiana can share thoughts

10. After an 11-hour operation in India, doctors separated 8-month old Nigerian twins, Peace and Patience,  in 2010.

Peace and Patience, after their separation