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The Spectator story yields result …teacher confined to wheel chair gets support for surgery abroad
A physically ‘incapacitated’ but a dedicated female teacher whose condition was highlighted by The Spectator, not long ago, has got financial support from some well-meaning individuals and institutions to seek further medical care abroad.
Ms Felicia Kwakye, 51, is presently at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in, Stanmore, London for medical care.
“For the first time in many months, I am able to climb to the first floor of the house where I am currently recuperating”, she said.
The teacher was confined to a wheel chair due to complications of post poliomyelitis.
Ms Felicia Kwakye after undergoing her first total knee replacementsaid, “thesurgery has straightened my bow leg and twisted foot and this has made me so happy. The pains in my cervical and lumbar spines have reduced drastically and I am presently undergoing an intensive physiotherapy session to aid my mobility.”
She is extremely grateful to everyone that helped raise the money including the Holy Child School Old Students Association.
The Spectator covered a story with the headline “Polio confines female teacher to wheel chair, she needs urgent help to undergo surgery”.
By God’s grace and the help of well-meaning individuals and institutions, Ms Felicia Kwakye’s first part of the surgery costing £18, 400.00 aside physiotherapy expenses, (which is £375 a week) has been successfully done in London.
She will be due for another surgery on the left leg which will take place in three to four months, at a cost of £16, 000.00(minus the post-surgery care).
She, therefore, appeals to all well-meaning individuals and institutions to again help her raise the money for her next surgery to enable her to walk and work to contribute her quota to national development.
Any financial help to Ms Felicia Kwakye can be sent to Mobile Money 0244092136. Name of the account holder is Anastasia Adoma Kenyah.
By Portia Hutton-Mills
The Ashanti South Regional Police Intelligence Directorate has arrested two suspects in connection with a robbery attack on an Indian national in Obuasi and a separately planned robbery operation targeting a distribution company in the same area.
On April 16, 2026, Police received credible intelligence that a group of armed men were planning an attack in Obuasi. A police team moved swiftly into the area and arrested suspect Iddrisu Fuseini, also known as “Iddi”, at his hideout in Bedieso, Obuasi.
During interrogation, he confessed to being part of a six-member gang that attacked an Indian national at his residence at New Baakoyeden, Obuasi, on April 12 2026, robbing him of GH₵150,000.00.
He disclosed that the attack was orchestrated following a tip-off from suspect Ibrahim, an employee of the victim, who informed the gang that the victim kept large sums of money.
Further investigations led to the arrest of a second suspect, Shaibu Mohammed, also known as “SM” or “Cicinati”, on 20th April 2026 at his hideout in Gausu, Obuasi. During interrogation, he admitted to participating in the planning of the robbery and confirmed that the gang had further planned to rob a distribution company near Mawuli Hotel in Obuasi.
Investigations have further revealed that both suspects are currently standing trial at the Obuasi Circuit Court in connection with a separate robbery of GH₵600,000.00.
A manhunt is ongoing to arrest the remaining accomplices, identified as Khalifa, Edward, Prof, Waddle, Ebbe, and Ibrahim, and to recover a pump action gun and a locally manufactured pistol believed to be in their possession.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, together with members of the Police Management Board (POMAB), on April 17, 2026, decorated nineteen (19) senior officers who have been promoted to their next ranks based on the recommendations of the Police Council and approval of the President, John Dramani Mahama.
The ceremony, held at the National Police Headquarters in Accra, forms part of efforts to recognise merit, dedication, and long-standing service within the Ghana Police Service, while strengthening leadership across key operational and administrative levels.
The officers promoted from Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) to Commissioner of Police (COP) are Dr. Luke Asue-In-Yeng Zakpaa, Mr. Frederick Agyei, Mr. Duuti Tuaruka, Mr. Arthur Osei-Akoto, Mr. Darko Offei Lomotey, Mr. Eric Ken Winful, Mr. Barnabas Nambont Nasumong, and Mr. Desmond Owusu Boampong.
The IGP and members of POMAB congratulated the officers and urged them to uphold the highest standards of professionalism and integrity in the discharge of their duties.
