Emotions ran wild on Friday when Segun Adepegba, the father of the three children abandoned in a boarding school in Abule-Iroko, in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, finally reunited with his children.

(Adepegba with his children)
Adepegba, who visited Solid Rock Model College where they had been abandoned for eight years, was locked in a tight embrace with his children, promising never to leave them again.
Adepegba told his children, “I am sorry for leaving you, Titi, Seun and Seyi. I am really very sorry. I have missed you all so much. I will not leave you again.”
Many were greatly moved as father and children bonded in what they described as “a mystery and a miracle.”
When he arrived, an angry mob was prevented from attacking him when they learnt he was the father of the “abandoned children.”
The father of three was accompanied by four friends who pleaded on his behalf, saying that he was a changed person.
According to him, he abandoned the children in a boarding school for eight years because he was jobless and had no house to accommodate them. Adepegba said hardship pushed him to the wall and that was why he could not take care of his children…
Adepegba, however, promised to visit the children regularly. He appreciated many Punch readers that indicated interest to pay his children’s debts.

October 27, 2014 





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