The young girl whose name has been withheld was allegedly defiled by a man at the University of Cape Coast.
She told Joy News’ Beatrice Adu she was lured by the man who had sex with him on a plastic chair at a Guest House in Cape Coast.
According to her, the mother gave her medicine, ostensibly to abort the 5 months old pregnancy but she failed.
The mother then drove her out of the house but she found her way to Accra and is now staying with a police woman at Madina.
She was in form two prior to this whole episode but because of her situation, she has dropped out of school.
“I feel sorry for myself. Because i am not that kind of girl people think i am,” she said, sobbing.
The story of the 14 year old is only fraction of the many sexual abuses that go on in the country.
According to statistics from the United Nations about 25% of women in Ghana had the first sexual encounter by force and under 15 years.
The UN has therefore called on government to put in place proper protection systems to prevent gender-based violence.
From: Ghana|Myjoyonline.com
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