A
40-year-old farmer, Biodun Akapo, of Afojupa Village, a suburb of Owode-Egba,
Obafemi-Owode Local Government, Ogun State, has fled his home after his
wife, Bose, delivered a set of triplets last Wednesday.
Our
correspondent gathered that after Bose delivered the babies at a maternity home
in the town, her husband could not settle the hospital bills, a
development that made the traditional ruler of the town, Oba Kolawole
Sowemimo, stepped in and rescue of the mother and her triplets by picking the
hospital bills.
The
father of the triplets, who was said to have fled his home, had yet to return
to his family on Thursday (yesterday).
The
30-year-old mother of the triplets said her husband was not at home when she
went into labour and later taken to the hospital on a motorcycle by a
neighbour.
Bose
said, “I never expected the triplets because we already had two children, aged
five and eight years old. I thank the traditional ruler of Owode-Egba, who
assisted us by providing clothing and other medical materials for the babies.”
She
expressed regret that her husband absconded on getting the news of the delivery
and had refused to return home to his family.
Bose
said, “We have been together as a happy couple for over 10 years. The birth of
these triplets should not separate us. I don’t even know his whereabouts, but I
am begging him to come back home for the sake of these innocent babies.”
She
also appealed to government, individuals and groups to assist her family by
providing a job for her husband.
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