Story: Vincent Adedze, Tamale
Some residents of Gurugu, a suburb of Tamale, were thrown into a state of confusion when they woke up on Thursday morning to discover that a baby had been abandoned by her mother behind a house in the area.
The baby girl, believed to be four days old, was said to have been dumped by her mother under a flower plant behind house number GUR 88. The baby looked exhausted and weak as it had not been fed for hours.
She was found by two girls, one of whom was hawking tomatoes in the area. One of the girls, Aisha Alidu, 10, who was apparently playing around the house, was the first to see the baby but she stood staring at the baby not knowing what to do until Asana Ibrahim came out of the house to meet her.
Asana then went back into the house and reported what she had seen to a woman, Asibi Nsu, a tenant of the house. Asibi subsequently went and picked the baby from the ground and rang the police who came and took custody of the baby.
When contacted later, an investigator of the Women and Juvenile Unit (WAJU) of the Ghana Police Service, Madam Jamila Ahmed, indicated that the baby was sent to the Department of Social Welfare where a medical examination was conducted on her and it was detected that her temperature was abnormally high.
The investigator stated that the baby was currently receiving care and attention at the Nyohini Children’s Home.
According to Madam Ahmed, no arrests had been made so far but indicated that further examination on the child revealed that the baby was delivered at a health facility.
Earlier, when this reporter visited the area, a good number of residents had gathered at the place where the baby was abandoned discussing the matter.
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