The
father of the multiple twins who ran away from home for three months, leaving
his wife and six children has returned.
Emeka
Uche, after days of persuasion by his wife Ruth returned home yesterday, July
15, 2015.
of
Lagos. Mrs. Uche, a teacher, had two sets of twins. Another set came in
February.
Just
as this reporter was about to leave her apartment, she came face to face with a
light complexioned man wearing an Arsenal
jersey, a pair of jeans and slippers,
holding two polythene bags.
He
looked confused, uttered no word, save for the exchange of pleasantries and
made to move away when Hope, the Uches’ former neighbour, saw him.
“Papa
ejima (father of twins), where are you coming from? So you are still alive?
Please come inside and sit down,” she exclaimed.
Upon
hearing ‘Papa ejima’, Mrs Uche rushed to the door. She didn’t run into his arms
to hug or kiss him, but stood and watched him for some minutes after offering
him one of the plastic seats in the living room.
But
he did not sit down, rather, he went straight for his newborn babies. He was
seeing the three months olds for the first time.
Uche
held both on each arm, smiling and then collapsed into the blue chair, admiring
them.
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