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Father of triplets, Felix, has absconded from home in the last one month after the news of the birth of the babies reached him. Both parents who are jobless hail from Ezza Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Felix according to his brother Friday is an unemployed graduate but could not remember from which institution he graduated from while the wife is a primary six school leaver.

 Newsmen  visited the one room apartment of the couple located at No 39 Arakale area of Akure metropolis and spoke with the mother of the triplets. Confidence told newsmen that her husband took to his heels when the news of the birth of the triplets hit him. Asked if he did a scan before the birth of the babies, Confidence said that if they have such money they will use it to feed. “ We were actually living from hand to mouth. Every money we have we spend it wisely because we do not have a Job.

According to her “ my husband left the house seven days to the day of delivery that he was going to look for a job. Before the delivery he kept calling us on daily basis but  after the babies were delivered and he was informed by his brother he switched off his phone. “ Since then we have not been able to reach him and he has not called over a month ago.

She gave birth to the triplets free of charge through caesarian section at the Mother and Child hospital in Akure, the state capital. The couple already have three babies, two boys and a girl, Uchena 7 years, Akachukwu 5 years and Bethel 2 years before these three additions at a go. Speaking with newsmen, Confidence said “My husband went looking for money to take care of the family but when we called him that I was delivered of three children he was shocked and shouted.

“Since then he has switched off his phone and we do not know his whereabouts or how we can reach him. “ I must confess to you that I have not eaten any good food since I gave birth and even the children have nothing good to eat and that is the reason I am using this opportunity to appeal to government at all levels and well meaning Nigerians to come to my rescue.

“I am begging you to help me tell my husband to come back home and see the triplets. I know that God will send help. Please help me beg my husband to come back home and see his children. I know it is not easy for him but at the same he should not abandon us just like that. When he comes back we will manage whatever is available until God will send help.

Confidence appealed passionately to the wife of the governor, Mrs Olukemi Mimiko to come to their aid saying that the burden was too much for them to bear. She also pleaded with the caring heart governor Dr Olusegun Mimiko to assist the husband by providing a job for him. “We appeal to the governor, his wife and the Ministry of Women Affairs to please as a matter of urgency come to our rescue  by giving us some money and a job for my husband.