I will take my runaway husband back: Ruth Uche speaks

Says she almost starved to death during pregnancy
To meet Ambode tomorrow
By Sola Ogundipe & Gabriel Olawale
It was easy locating the storey building where Ruth
Uche, the woman whose husband fled home when he
learned she was expecting another set of twins after
previously giving birth to two sets of twins, resides.
The dark-brown building at 32, Awori/Morica Street,
Agege, Lagos stands out like a sore thumb, but
locating the single room where she currently takes
refuge with her three sets of twins is a bit more
challenging.
Gaining access to the room situated at the back of
the main building requires groping through a dark
passage, made easier when you switch on your
cellphone torch light.
An unpleasant odour emanates from the row of
rooms built against the rear fence. The room you are
looking for is on the ground floor.
It measures 8 feet by 8 feet and you almost mistake
it for one of the toilets or bathrooms that flank it
on the right and left.
Directly above is the bathroom for that floor, and
water runs down Ruth’s room whenever occupants of
that floor are taking a bath.
When Vanguard finally located Ruth, she was deep in
prayer. There was no electricity and it was pitch dark
inside the room. It was also very hot.
Ruth immediately switches on her cellphone torch light
and urged the reporter to take a seat on one of
the two plastic chairs. As she prayed, she shed
tears. She prayed for all women and mothers.
Her voice shook with emotion as she prayed. “May
your husband not die prematurely, and may he not
run away or abandon you. May you not be left alone
with the burden of responsibilities for the whole
house, and may you not run mad with worry.”
When she was through, and after the initial
pleasantries,the reporter stated his mission and asked
how she came to be in her current predicament.
Ruth and Emeka were married in 2009. As a new
couple in the village, they had a brilliant plan and
part of it was to move out of the village in search
of greener pasture. They both hail from Abia state
but different communities. When Emeka first came to
Lagos, he put up with his brother when the latter
got married, Emeka was forced to struggle to rent
his own room. It was then he asked Ruth to come
over in 2007.