THE Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, has called on Mr. Citizen Uche, father of a set of newborn twins, to come out of hiding and take up his fatherly responsibilities.
Adebule made the appeal in Ikeja, the state capital, while presenting an undisclosed amount to the man's wife, Mrs Ruth Uche, on behalf of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to support her and her children.
Mr Uche had absconded their home after she gave birth to a third set of twins.
Governor Ambode had on Friday directed that the woman be assisted in raising the children following newspaper publications on her ordeal after her distress visit to the Government Secretariat, Alausa, on Thursday.
The deputy governor said: "On behalf of the Lagos State government, we present this token to you to rehabilitate and assist you in raising your children. You will be getting a monthly allowance too.
"We also appreciate your coming to ask the state government for assistance. Some other mothers would have abandoned these babies on the roadside.
"An officer has been assigned to pay in the token into an account and all your daily needs would be assessed to alleviate your suffering. We are calling on Mr Uche to come home to meet his family and take up his responsibility and to also relieve this woman of psychological trauma," she said.
The deputy-governor promised that the husband would not be prosecuted if he appeared early.
Mrs Uche thanked the Lagos State government for the assistance and also begged her husband to return home.
"The other children have been asking after their father. I beg him to come home so we can take care of these children together as parents," she
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