Residents of Meduma, suburb of Kwabre East District in the Ashanti region are still wondering why a woman could carry a pregnancy for nine months and finally dump the baby into a refuse dump.
Residents woke up friday morning to discover a-day-old baby abandoned in a refuse dump close to the sourmay factory.
Women, men and children who came to the scene could not hide their displeasure and shock and hurled insults and curses on the unidentified woman who callously dumped the baby in the refuse dump.
According to some residents, the wicked woman might have dumped the baby at dawn because there was power cut in the area.
The baby was found dead in the open refuse dump with white cloth beside it full of blood stains.
In an interview with the Daily View Gh’ s Kwame Afrifa, resident who lives close to where the incident took place, Kwame Oduro, said the incident was the third in a space of seven months, adding that residents in the area are on high alert to unravel the mystery behind the barbaric act.
He added that they found the dead baby in the refuse dump around 12:09 pm and raised an alarm which attracted onlookers to the scene.
“We found the baby already dead in the refuse dump so we decided to call the Assemblyman but unfortunately we were told he had traveled. The boys organized themselves and dug a pit right at the edge of the refuse dump and buried the baby,” Mr. Oduro stated.
When asked why they refused to report the incident to the police but went ahead and buried the baby, he said “We don’t know the person who did this and moreover, no one can follow the long process, after all, the baby is dead and the mother of the baby is not know.”
“We are going to put our ears on the ground and hope we will find the woman who did this horrendous act and drag her to the police,” he stated.
Source: Dan Kwasi Prince // www.dailyviewgh.com / Ghana
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