[ 2011-04-09 ]

Philipa Baafi lost triplets in 2008
Philipa Baafi Popular gospel musician Philipa
Baafi who was reported to have successfully
delivered a set of triplets somewhere in 2008,
lost all three new-born babies a few months after
delivery, peacefmonline.com gathers.

The powerful gospel singer known for her hit song
“Go High” which was adopted by the then ruling
New Patriotic Party as their campaign song and
whose popularity hit higher levels during the CAN
2008 tournament hosted in Ghana, made the shocking
revelation in an exclusive interview during Kwasi
Aboagye’s “Gospel Hour” programme on Peace
FM last Sunday, April 3, 2011.

Philipa, who was in tears, recounted in a
faltering voice that the sad incident occurred
some three years ago, but she kept the information
away from family members, friends and the media,
because she did not know how to break the news to
Ghanaians considering how everybody had expressed
joy upon hearing the birth of the kids.

Coincidentally, last Sunday happened to be exactly
three years since the death of the triplets, and
Philipa, who could not keep secret the
heart-breaking news any longer, had no option than
to off-load her pain and rid herself of the
heaviness in her heart by publicly sharing the
rather shattering information.

Philipa Baafi’s husband, Mr. Kwame Karikari,
confirmed the news on Peace FM’s
“Entertainment Review” yesterday, Thursday
April 7, and gave a vivid explanation as to how it
really happened. He disclosed that the triplets
(two boys and one girl) were born in Maryland,
United States of America.

“It's a very sad news but all these years, we
kept it to ourselves. Aside our pastor and one
family member, nobody knew about it...It is true
my wife gave birth to a set of triplets and
everybody was happy for us...but about four months
after their birth, they were afflicted by some
debilitating sickness...They became very sick and
we had to take them to an intensive care unit.
They were put under observation in an incubator
for over two months, but they were still not
responding to treatment, so the doctors in charge
advised us that should they survive, there will be
a lot of complications,” he said.

He revealed that aside some severe heart related
problems, their brains could also not develop
well.

"...They were taken out of the incubator to see if
they might survive, but unfortunately death laid
its icy hands on them and they all died together,"
he stated.

Mr Karikari explained that they did not know how
to publicly break the unfortunate news to
Ghanaians and turned the joy of all those who were
happy on the news of the babies birth to sadness.
He added that what made matters worse was that
anytime they tried to tell family members,
especially their in-laws the sad news, before they
even open their mouths to speak, they will be met
with several questions on how the children were
doing.

“It was simply difficult for us to tell anyone,"
he added.

"People kept asking for their pictures and how old
they were but we always told them it would all
come out in God’s own time. So after three years
we thought it was just right for Ghanaians and the
world to know what really happened,”.

Asked whether they have regretted coming out with
the news, Mr Karikari said “We have not
regretted whatsoever, and we don’t see it as a
burden. We just want people to know the truth and
know what really happened”.

Interestingly, he said, the sad news about the
kids demise have been met with mixed feelings by
friends and family members alike.

“Some of my friends look at me in a certain way
and say I must be very wicked to keep such a
serious matter to myself all this while and others
sympathize with me when they meet me or my
wife,” he disclosed.

"Philipa was very moody on Sunday after she broke
the news on Peace FM, but currently, she is doing
good...as lots and lots of people keep calling to
sympathize with her and encourage her,".

However, God has blessed the family with a new
bouncy baby girl, who according to her husband,
looks very much like the only girl who was among
the triplets.

The renowned gospel singer has compiled her bitter
experience in a song on her latest album titled:
“Nea eba wonsem afi yi, so sen nea efri wonsa”
(meaning: What you will have this year will be
more than what you lost).

Philipa Baafi, aside being a great gospel musician
with a powerful voice, doubles as a beauty
therapist.

She was born in Kumasi on May 15, 1980; the first
of three children born to Ms Grace Acheampong, a
trader, and Mr. Akwasi Baafi, who was domiciled in
Germany, both of blessed memory.

She first enrolled at the Kings International
School, before continuing her education at St
Monica’s, where she was the Girls’ Prefect,
the President of the Scripture Union and the
Science Club. She has gospel divas, Amy Newman of
Ghana and Rebecca Malope of South Africa, as her
local and international role models,
respectively.

Source - Peacefmonline

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