Ghanaians woke up to the shocking news of the sudden demise of popular radio presenter, Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong, aka KABA, early Saturday morning.
It began as a mere speculation on social media but ended up being true.
Sources said the young man who died in his prime age was rushed to the Surgical/Medical Emergency (SME) Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) Saturday dawn in a car dead on arrival.
One account has it that the Ekosii Sen host on Asempa FM was rushed from his Tesano home to the hospital, whilst another said he was brought in from a prayer camp (whose name is being held for security reasons) close to Nsawam.
But after examination, medical doctors and nurses at the hospital declared him brought in dead’ (BID).
It is believed he died of what doctors suspect to be hypoglycemia (low sugar level), which he suffered as a result of being diabetic with a combination of high blood pressure (BP).
A day before, colleagues of KABA had disclosed that he had gone to the premises of the Multimedia Group, owners and operators of a chain of radio and television stations, including Asempa FM, where the deceased used to be a broadcaster, but realized he was not well since he could not climb the three or four stair cases that lead to the studios.
It was from there that some said he was taken to the said prayer camp, which he is believed to have been frequenting on regular basis.
But things were said to have gone from bad to worse as his condition degenerated, compelling managers of the supposed prayer camp to ask that he be sent to a hospital for medical attention.
Luck, however, seems to have eluded KABA considering the distance from the prayer camp to the nation’s premier health facility where he was pronounced dead.
When speculations about his death started making rounds on social media, some of his colleagues rushed to Korle-Bu to verify situations for themselves.
Those who mustered the courage to enter the cold room where his mortal remains had been kept in transition to the mortuary could not help but shed tears.
There and then, news of KABA’s death spread like wildfire, throwing almost the entire nation, especially the multimedia Group and family members, in a state of mourning.
All this while, the mother of the deceased who was quietly seated in front of the SME of the hospital did not want to accept the speculation until news of his death was formally announced to her by doctors and nurses there.
She could not but wailed and wept her heart out.
The remains of the deceased was then transferred to the Korle-Bu mortuary, with a coroner’s inquest expected to be followed.
Even though KABA is believed to have died from hypoglycemia (low sugar level), the police are yet to confirm this, amid claims he was sent to the hospital from a prayer camp.
Source: Daily Guide
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Though very sad, am at almost. The mother had earlier reported that she called the son, KABA the previous night to join her at the all night, but the don declined that he was not well. She continued that she rushed to the house after the night service to see the don in a bad condition and had to rush him to the hospital. Please, journalists tell us the true story how KABA died
Hmmm,this is sad news,however,let no man argue with GOD.Remember,good things neverlast.Kaba, may soul rest in perfect peace of GOD,Amen.
Sad new about KABA. But Captain Smart remember you have killed someone called Murphy in Belgium by snatching his wife Afia Pokua whom they have been married for years and now you are in tears. shame on you Captain Smart!!!
Educated person like KABA should have known better than just the prayer camp. He was so inclined to interviewing great personalities on political lines and professionals like doctors and famous business persons, but could allow such a simple illnesses to take his dear life unexpectedly, leaving his poor mother and the innocent young family behind in tears.these days, even illiterate and poor personalities don't die this ways anymore!! Education is the means to an End, and not an End in it self. Let's reason up!!
you keep serving us with old news with different headlines. fuuuuuls
I am sorry this is sad news but most of people in Ghana do is eat, eat and eat and no exercise. We lives in a country where we don't have good NHS services, yet go to Ghana, most people just sit and eat and sleep. Do a bit of exercise to help yourself, running once or twice a week helps your heart or at his size maybe power walking would help. We wait until things get bad, let take him to prayer camp. This is not the type of illness for prayer camp.
Prayer camps which endanger the lives of people and cause death must be charged with manslaughter, this is the only way they will behave responsibly. They play trial and error with people's lives. RIP KABA.
If this prayer campy report is true, then we do really have a big problem in this country. Are the pastors able to diagnose what the cause of someones ailment is? A simply sugar solution, could have saved this guys life. How could they know this at the prayer camp. They will come with a that phrase 'God knows why he took KABA at this time when it is really their ignorance that killed him. Lord have mercy on us.
If these speculations about the prayer camp thing is true,then it implies Kaba might have stopped taking his medication leading the state of hypoglycemia. People closer to a diabetic patient must be educated to know that hypoglycemia can easily be reversed by giving the patient a solution of sugar or glucose orally. #someonekilled_kaba. #police_must_investigate. #rip_kaba.