A 14-year-old girl is fighting
for her life at a hospital at Nweneso Number One in the Ashanti Region of Ghana after
a botched suicide attempt. The girl tried taking her own life because her
mother opposed a love relationship with her boyfriend.
The mother, Maame Ampomaa,
narrated to Class News that: “About a week ago, I noticed that she had
gotten herself a boyfriend. I
am a widow and a single mother who toils to take care of her, so, I told her
that she would stop schooling and stay home if she continued the relationship.
“I woke up this morning and could not find her.
I went to her room only to find
her almost dying after consuming a poisonous substance. I rushed her to a
nearby hospital and I am praying that she gets well soon. I was only looking
out for her own good so that with all the monies spent on her education, she
does not get pregnant.
She may end up not getting a
good man to marry, that is why I also asked her to stay away from this
relationship,” she noted. Class FM’s Ashanti regional correspondent, Aboagye Frank Jackson, who visited the home where the incident occurred on Wednesday
June 15, said family members were in a very sad mood.
The girl is the fourth child of
the widow, who has been distraught since the incident occurred. According to
him, nurses at the health centre have been able to resuscitate the girl.
However, she is in a very critical condition and unable to consume food or
water.
The boyfriend has been
identified as a 34-year-old man who
operates commercial motorbike services, popularly known as ‘Okada’, in the
vicinity.
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