A mother who had allegedly abandoned her newborn baby in the bush near Bole Customs Barrier on October 27, 2023, has owned up to the police.
She appeared at the station with her father to claim the abandoned baby.
However, the police declined to release the baby and detained the suspect to assist with investigations.
The identity of the mother has been withheld.
The baby was found on Friday, October 27 night at about 10:p.m by a man who was easing himself in the bushes.
According to the young man who found the baby, he was going to defecate in the bush when he heard the baby crying.
After some time, he took the initiative to investigate where the cry was coming from.
He then saw the baby wrapped in a cloth lying in the bush.
He immediately informed the Assemblyman of the area and the police in the district.
The police and other authorities came to the baby’s rescue.
The Assemblyman for Chorebang informed the police who then rushed to the scene with a motorbike to pick up the baby and took it to the Bole district hospital.
