By Michael Kofi Kenetey
A newborn baby girl was abandoned on the morning of Sunday, July 16, 2023, at the doorstep of the resident pastor of the New Covenant Apostolic Church at Ahodwo, a suburb of Kpong in the Eastern Region, by an unidentified mother.
According to a suicide note left behind by the mother, the baby was delivered on Saturday, July 15, before she decided to abandon her.
The note stated, “By the time you finish reading this letter, I will be dead and gone. Please take care of this baby as your own child. Please, I regret doing this, but that is the only way this baby can have a chance to live. Please she was born yesterday night. Please take care of her. I’m sorry; please forgive me. God bless you.”
When the occupants of the mission house woke up in the morning, they discovered the abandoned baby and immediately notified their neighbours.
The neighbours promptly alerted the Kpong police, who initiated their investigation into the matter.