From Vincent Amenuveve, Tamale
A chop bar attendant has been sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment by the Tamale District Court for abandoning her day-old baby on a refuse dump.
Rahi Iddrisu, who lives at Salamba, a suburb of Tamale, already has two children, aged two and three.
She pleaded guilty to the charge of child abandonment at the court, presided over by Mr Gabriel Mate-Teye.
The facts of the case, as presented by the prosecution, were that about 4 a.m. on July 25, 2010, Mr Alhassan Salifu Kalala of the Bilchinsi Task Force was informed by some of the community members about the abandonment of an infant on a rubbish dump near the Community Health Nursing Training School in Tamale.
Mr Kalala rushed to the scene and took the baby to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), where it was admitted for examination and treatment.
According to the prosecution, the community members later identified the convict as the culprit and, upon interrogation, she admitted committing the offence.
On July 27, 2010, the convict was handed over to the police for investigation, during which, in her caution statement, she admitted the offence and led the police to where she had dumped the baby.
The prosecution further explained that on August 4, 2010, one Adam Inusah, an uncle of the convict, presented a copy of an application requesting custody of the baby.
After investigations, the convict was charged with the offence of child abandonment.
Meanwhile, the baby is currently in the custody of the Department of Social Welfare in Tamale.
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