The police in Kasoa have arrested three people in connection with the alleged stealing of a baby in the Central Region.
The suspects allegedly feigned the death of the baby and took her to Ablekuma in the Greater Accra Region.
The three have been identified as Magdalene Nana Adwoa Boafo, 28, Faustina Binney, 32, and Eunice Koomson, a 36-year-old teacher at Ebenezer High Academy, a private basic school in Ofaakor.
They are currently in the custody of the Kasoa Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit, assisting in investigations.
Details available indicate that the key suspect Nana Adwoa Boafo approached the mother of the baby, who sells sachet water in the traffic at Ofaakor in the Kasoa municipality, during her eighth month of pregnancy and offered to assist her financially.
She later introduced her to the two other suspects, Eunice and Faustina, who pretended to be offering genuine support.
As part of the plot, the suspects relocated the mother from Ofaakor-Jei River, where she lived, and rented an apartment for her at Lamptey, a suburb of Adam Nana, also in Kasoa, and continued to offer little forms of support until she delivered at the Kasoa Polyclinic on July 10, 2024.
After the mother was discharged from the hospital, three suspects introduced another woman to Abigail, informing her that she was a medical staffer at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra and that it was recommended for the baby to be taken there for treatment because she had some infections, a ploy the new mother fell into.
They returned two days later, only to inform the mother that her baby had died and was already buried.
The landlord of the victim, who spoke to the media, said he got suspicious of their actions and reported the matter.
Efforts by Kasoa DOVVSU commander, DSP Doris Laryea, and other individuals led to the arrest of the lead suspect, Nana Adwoa.
After her arrest, she told the police that the baby was dead, but upon further interrogation, she admitted the baby was alive and with her sister at Madina.
She later changed her statement that the baby was rather with the second suspect, Eunice, in Alico City, a suburb of Ofaakor.
Eunice, after being detained following extensive investigations, listed the third suspect, Faustina Binney, a resident of Ablekuma, as having custody of the toddler, who was also arrested.
The victim, who has been scarred as a result of the events, wants the accused punished for their acts.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
