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A married woman has been arrested for stealing a week-old baby from Zebilla District Hospital after faking her pregnancy in Bawku West District, Upper East Region, Ghana.
The suspect was arrested upon a tip-off from a local chief in the area.
“She had stolen the baby at the blind side of the mother and intended to present it as her newborn baby,” according to reports.
The timely intervention from principal staff of the hospital saved the suspect from being lynched and she has since been transferred to Bawku and in police custody assisting with investigations.
But luck eluded her when the chief got wind and alerted the Police leading to her arrest.
According to Dr. Ayobi Abdul Rahman, “the baby has since been rescued and reunited with its distraught mother; indicating that it is safe and sound.”
Though police are concealing the identity of the suspected baby thief, it is gathered that the suspect following societal pressure after a year of marriage without a child, had deceived her family by faking the pregnancy.
