Police charge 7 with stealing KATH missing baby

The Police in Kumasi say they have arrested seven people over the mysterious disappearance of a baby from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) shortly after birth.

The seven, whose identity the police would not disclose, have been charged provisionally with stealing and conspiracy to steal and face prosecution if the Attorney General’s Department OK it.

Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Tanko told Citi FM that the suspects were first arrested to assist in investigations and subsequently released on police enquiry bail but were re-arrested and charged with the offence.

They have been released again on bail while the police await advice from the Attorney General’s Department where the case docket has been forwarded.

On Wednesday, February 5, 2014, the hospital delivered one Suwaiba of a baby boy at its labour ward but later told her the baby had died, following which she was handed some documentation to endorse. However her request a few hours later for the body of the baby has since led the entire nation confused as hospital authorities have not been able to account for the baby or body.

Asked if the police preferred the charge of stealing on suspicion that the baby is alive or on account of the missing body since KATH authorities had claimed the baby was given a stillbirth, ASP Mohammed Tanko told Graphic Online that the police could not presume the baby was dead without seeing the body.

Meanwhile Accra based Radio Gold 90.5 FM has received pledges totalling GH₵10,500 (Ten Thousand Five Hundred Cedis) in rewards for anyone who provides credible information that will lead to the whereabouts of the missing baby after the station launched a campaign to find the baby whether dead or alive.