A Baby Thief Is Arrested But ....

What Is The Social Warefare Or The Police Doing To Such An Irresponsible Mother?

A 33-year old second hand clothes dealer has been arrested by the Madina Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police for stealing a ten-month-old baby boy.

The suspect, Lydia Mensah, aka Esi Tawiah, committed the act on Wednesday August 25, 2010, at the Madina Market where she posed as a trader.

She was consequently arrested on August 28, 2010, by the Aflao Police when she attempted to escape with the child to Togo.

Briefing DAILY GUIDE news papers, the commander in charge of the Madina Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service, ASP Christine Srofenyoh, indicated that the mother of the baby, Madam Leticia Nkoom reported the matter to the police in the afternoon of Wednesday August 25, 2010.

The ASP noted that the mother left the child in the care of a nine-year-old boy at the Madina market to go around selling her wares (Detol) as she often did.

“When the mother of the child returned in the afternoon to breastfeed the child, she was told that Madam Lydia, the second hand clothes dealer whom she the mother engaged in a chat that morning had come for the child,” the police noted.

My personal question here is, fortunately all went good that day that her baby who was stolen perhaps to be sold in Togo as usual for rituals (SAKAWA) has been saved by the Ghana Police. But what is the Police as well as the Social Warefare doing to such an irresponsible "Crow Mother", who calls herself a mother? A mother who transfers her responsibilities (for her child) to another child.

FRANCIS TAWIAH (Duisburg - Germany)