35-year-old Mrs. Isi
Udekwe has pleaded with her husband, Matthew Udekwe, who reportedly fled home
in April 2016 after she gave birth to triplets, to please return
home.
home.
She said the
children needs their father's love.
It was gathered that
Mr. Udekwe, who hails from Enugu State, abandoned his family home on Eke
Street, off St. Saviour Road in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State
as soon as he discovered that his wife had given birth to triplets, after a set
of twins.
The mother of the
triplets, who are now nine months old, told Southern City that her husband had
earlier informed her that he would not be able to cater for the family if she
had multiple births, a warning she said she took for a joke.
Mrs. Udekwe said she
was shocked when the father of her babies failed to show up when she announced
their birth.
She said the
situation did not get better even after visiting her husband’s stepmother, who
claimed the burden was too much for her to bear.
The fleeing husband
could not be reached for comments as calls put across to his telephone number
indicated that it was switched off.
Isi said, “When I
went for the scanning and was told that I had triplets, he said if I gave birth
to triplets, he would not be around because he would not be able to take care
of them. I thought it was a joke.
“The day I gave
birth to them, I called him and told him. He congratulated me. But since then,
I have not seen him.”
The nursing mother,
who was a food vendor, lamented that things had been difficult for her.
She explained that
she had sometimes resorted to begging from people to enable her to provide for
her five children.
In a letter
addressed to the Deputy Governor and dated February 7, 2017, she appealed for
the assistance of the Edo State Government, adding that she would not like to
give her children out for adoption or let them die of starvation.
"Wherever he
is, I want him to come back so that we can take care of the children together.
I pray God to protect him because I know that if he had money, he would not
have run away.”
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