From Vincent Adedze, Tamale
threats of lynching by residents of Dungu-Sawaba, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region, a teenage porter (kayayo) and mother of a-16-month-old girl has finally confessed dumping her daughter in a KVIP in the area, resulting in her death.
The 18-year-old Hawah Jingo claimed she committed the offence out of frustration since the man, Baba Zakariah, who allegedly impregnated her at the Konkomba Market in Accra had rejected the pregnancy and subsequently denied responsibility.
The incident occurred on April 20,2008. The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Tamale Teaching Hospital for autopsy.
According to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Northern Regional Police Command, Inspector Albert Johnson, the assembly member for the area, Mr Sulemana Bismark, accompanied by one Hawah Issifu, a relative of the suspect, reported the incident to the police in Tamale on April 21, 2008, a day after the incident.
Inspector Johnson further said, neighbours of the family suspected foul play when on Sunday April 20,2008, the little girl was not seen accompanying the mother as usual throughout the whole day.
However, after several hours of intimidation and admonition by some residents, Jingo (the suspect) confessed dumping her daughter alive into a hole full of human excreta, thereby killing the deceased.
Inspector Johnson said some police personnel from the Regional Police Command were therefore detailed to visit the crime scene and subsequently retrieved the body of the deceased.
He intimated that after thorough investigations the police discovered that there were bruises on the head and body of the deceased, suggesting that the little girl was forced through an opening in the toilet room into the hole.
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