A 39-year old man has disappeared abandoning his family and six children when he discovered his wife was pregnant with their third set of twins.
A 34-year old woman, Ruth who hails from Abia State, on Thursday, July 1, announced the disappearance of her husband, a factory worker, Citizen Emeka Benjamin Uche.
The 39-year old father of six was said to have disappeared since February when he discovered his wife was acrrying their third set of twins
Mrs Uche was at the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa yesterday with her six children, pleading for help.
She said the third set of twins arrived last month and she could no longer cope with the widening needs for food, clothes, drugs and school fees. Her meagre earnings as a teacher in a private school in Lagos can no longer meet their needs.
She said: “I met my husband in 2002 but we got married in 2008. We met in the village at Umuahia. I don’t want to leave the children and run away. This is why I want government to help us.”
“My Church was responsible for the payment of the first delivery. The church paid N120, 000 for the delivery of the first set of twins. The two deliveries of the twins have been through Caesarean Section for which we paid N120, 000 each. The last twins are through normal delivery.”
Mrs. Uche explained that her husband, a factory worker in Iju Road, Agege, has since refused to pick her calls. She learnt that he stays in Ikorodu.
“Since I gave birth to the children, I have tried calling my husband but he would not pick once he knows that it is me. I contacted his mother and other relatives to tell them that he has run away. They promised that they will call back. Since then, none of them has called me. It is not easy for me at all.
“I know only two of his relations. One of them lives in Ikorodu; the other one lives at Ajegunle. My elder brother, who could have also helped, is very angry with me for giving birth to another set of twins. He warned me before not to have any other child after the two sets of twins, especially with the kind of husband I have."