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‘Ejected daughter’ gives birth …still rejected by mother
The 17-YEAR-OLD first year student of Akorme Senior High School who was kicked out of home by her mother for getting pregnant twice in a year has given birth to a baby girl.
She is now determined to go back to school and concentrate on her studies.
The teenager says she wants to serve in the Ghana Army after completing Senior High School.
However, her angry mother who is single has refused to accept her back home.
As a result, the girl with her new born baby is still perching with a compassionate member of the school’s Board of Governors.
The Ho West District Director of Education, Madam Celestine Korsi-Agordo told “The Spectator” at Dzolo-Kpuita on Monday that the Ghana Education Service (GES) was still negotiating with the girl’s mother to take her back to enable her to return to school.Since she (student) had learnt a bitter lesson.
According to the District Director, the lactating mother was expected to return to school within six months, “and we hope she catches up with her mates rather than repeating the class.”
Madam Agordo described the teenage mother as “academically brilliant with bright prospects of continuing her studies and achieving her ambition to become a soldier.”
She said that the girl first got pregnant at Pig Farm in Accra while in Junior High School and was supported by her mother through ante-natal care until she gave birth to a baby boy.
It was when she got pregnant again in the SHS that her mother got angry and sent her packing out of the house.
“Meanwhile, the father of the second child who is a Muslim has refused to accept the responsibility of the child,” Madam Agordo disclosed.
“We are all happy with her strong determination to go back to school and we will continue to talk to her mother to accept her back home,” the District Director of Education assured.
she explained that depriving a girl of education on the basis of giving birth would amount to an irreversible injustice because there were other girls who had gone back to school after terminating several pregnancies.
“A child who makes a mistake must be helped to do the correction and not to be treated like an outcast or a criminal,” she added.
This paper carried a news item on its front page of Saturday, May 22, 2021, with the headline “Mother ejects daughter from home… for gething pregnant twice within a year.
Pix: Ho West District Director of Education – Madam Celestine Agordo
The Ghana Police Service has arrested three (3) suspects in connection with a case of possession of narcotic drugs and engaging in prohibited drug-related activities within the Accra metropolis.
On April 10, 2026, the Special Operations Assistant to the Inspector General of Police received intelligence that a group of individuals were planning to engage in the sale of suspected narcotic drugs at Dzorwulu in Accra.
A surveillance operation was mounted and on 11th April 2026, a Police team proceeded to the area and arrested two suspects, Bright Ayivor and Ifeanyi Ijeoba.
The suspects were found in possession of twenty-two (22) compressed substances suspected to be cocaine, which were being prepared for sale to a prospective buyer.
Further interrogation of the suspects led to the identification of a third suspect, Kwabena Botwe as a key figure in the drug trade.
A follow-up operation at Caprice resulted in his arrest after Police mounted surveillance during a planned transaction involving proceeds from the sale of the suspected drugs.
The suspect later led Police to his residence at Greda Estates, where a search resulted in the retrieval of an amount of GHc400,000 and a counting machine.
According to the police, during the operation, he attempted to bribe the arresting officers with an additional GHc420,000, which has been retained as evidence.
All the suspects are currently in Police custody assisting investigations and will be put before the court.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, yesterday April 14, 2026, promoted seven officers of the Tema Regional Police Command to their next ranks for their role in a recent anti-robbery operation in Tema.
The promotions were awarded to officers who responded to a robbery attack on a Mobile Money vendor at Tema Community 5 leading to the shooting of two robbery suspects and the recovery of a firearm, ammunition, and other exhibits.
The officers promoted are Chief Inspector Enoch Nartey Nuer, Inspector Gershon Dekpey; Inspector Prince Asante; No. 45881 Sergeant Lukman Mohammed; No. 49900 Sergeant Eugene Kuudouru; No. 54157 Corporal Jerome Akator; and No. 59882 Lance Corporal Jonathan Sewurah.
The IGP, together with members of the Police Management Board (POMAB), congratulated the officers on their promotion and commended them for their courage, discipline, and commitment to duty.
The IGP urged the officers to view their promotion as a call to higher responsibility and encouraged all personnel to continue working with dedication and professionalism in the service of the nation.
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