Broadcast journalist Caleb Kudah has shared a deeply emotional account of a tragic incident involving a 7-year-old girl he fondly refers to as his “little Princess,” drawing public attention to what he describes as a painful injustice and a school’s failure to act responsibly.
Caleb poured out his grief, noting that while the nation mourns the death of highlife legend Daddy Lumba, his own pain lies elsewhere — in the suffering of a little girl who once brought light into his daily routine.
“My heart has not felt as much pain in a long time as it has today!” he wrote in n a moving post shared on social media and sighted by MyNewsGh.
“My immediate and pronounced grief is about my little Princess. My neighbour’s 7-year-old daughter who has become to me, a lovely niece!”
He recalled how the young girl, always curious and affectionate, would meet him after work, join him in watering plants, and light up with excitement over little things like his elephant-shaped watering can. But all that has changed.
“While playing football with her older brothers as a coping mechanism to all the heavy news today has battered me with – at all levels – I noticed she was laying on a sofa in the porch,” Caleb wrote. When he called her to join, she only smiled. Then her mother broke the news: “Uncle Caleb, Shishi can’t walk!”
The shocking revelation followed: weeks ago, while at school, two of her classmates allegedly pulled a chair from under her just as she was about to sit, causing her to fall with such force that it impacted her spine.
“She can’t poo poo on her own any longer,” he lamented. “As if that’s not bad enough, she literally can’t stand on her feet anymore. When her mum lifted her up by the arm, her legs hanged and danced to the wind literally – OMG!!!”
Caleb expressed disbelief that the school had failed to formally notify the parents, simply punishing the students responsible and moving on.
“Didn’t the school authorities have the presence of mind to inform you the parents at least? No,” he revealed. “Girl hasn’t been to school since. Scans, x-rays, lap tests and bills upon bills are the lot of parents ahead of a major surgery.”
He further disclosed signs of potential cognitive trauma, saying the girl’s responses often did not match her surroundings. He believes the injury may have affected her psychologically as well. “I am really pained, very very pained!”
Beyond seeking prayers and financial help for the child’s medical bills, Caleb made a passionate appeal for justice and guidance on how to hold the school accountable. “Please help me paa. This must not pass lest it is passed on to yours!” he pleaded.
He ended the post with a prayerful cry for divine intervention: “As for the bills, oh God, if only you’d spare us this sweet little life, and grant us another miracle, how much work won’t we do to rally resources for total restoration? Erh? God, I beg!”
