Gbenga Ariyibi
10 October 2008
Mr. Kunle Adesanya, the father of quadruplets who were born at the Emure General Hospital in the Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State last Monday, has fled from home.
The mother and the children are at the State Specialist Hospital, Ado-Ekiti. They were reportedly relocated to the hospital after birth.
Mrs. Funke Adesanya, 24, delivered a set of four baby girls as the first children of the family at the general hospital.
To ensure adequate care, one Mrs. Cecilia Ogundare, funded the transfer of the babies and their mother to the specialist hospital.
It was learnt that Adesanya, a school certificate holder, on learning that his wife had delivered the quadruplets, went into hiding.
The children have since been kept in the incubator at the intensive care unit of the hospital while scores of people thronged the place to see the babies.
Speaking on the condition of the babies and their mother, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Patrick Adegun, described the babies as a "wonderful set" of quadruplets. Adegun said the children and their mother were in good condition.
The wife of the state governor, Mrs. Olukemi Oni, during her visit, appealed to the father of the quadruplets to come out of hiding to take care of the babies. Oni had during the visit donated money for the upkeep of the children and described them as God's gifts.
"I want to appeal to the father of the quadruplets to please come out from hiding and not to abandon these babies here.
"I want him to appreciate that some people are outside there looking for children," she said
The mother of the babies, who is also a school certificate holder, pleaded with the government to provide jobs for her and the fleeing father to take care of the babies.
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