Meet the Man who abandoned his Wife & Triple Twins in Lagos, He Has Returned

The father of the multiple twins who fled from his children and expectant wife has shown up – three months after. Mr. Emeka Uche, after days of persuasion by his wife Ruth finally returned to a new home – a yet to be painted mini-flat in Ogun State.


The Uches used to stay in Agege on the outskirts of Lagos. Mrs. Uche, a teacher, had two sets of twins. And another set came in February, making three sets of twins.

As The Nation reporter was about to leave, 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 Ms. 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.

Still looking at the babies, he asked: “Where are my other children? How are you people?”

Ms. Hope told Uche that the other children were at her aunt’s house not too far from the neighbourhood.

After about seven minutes when Mrs. Uche seemed to have regained her composure, she entered the kitchen, brought a sachet water in a silver steel plate and offered it to her husband who refused to collect it.

After much persuasion from all the women in the room, Uche finally collected the water and from the way he gulped it, it was obvious he was very thirsty.

As she sat down on one of the children’s plastic chairs, she asked her husband if he was back for good.

“God I thank you for answering my prayers. So, you are here. You look emaciated. You have lost so much weight. I hope you have come back for good. Please, do not leave us again,” she told her husband, who did not reply.

I just hope they will properly manage all that people of goodwill have given to them in recent times.