Mother Who Abandoned Baby In Bush At Bole Arrested After Reporting Herself To Police

Mother Who Abandoned Baby In Bush At Bole Arrested After Reporting Herself To Police

  • A mother who abandoned her baby in a bush in the Bole District of the Savannah region has been arrested
  • Joyce Kwabena, the mother, was arrested after she and the baby's father reported themselves to police
  • The baby was abandoned on the Bole CEPS barrier on the Bole to Techiman road on October 27, 2023

The mother who abandoned her baby in a bush in the Bole District of the Savannah Region has reported herself to the police.

Joyce Kwabena, the mother, and the baby's father made their way to the police station on November 6, 2023.

Mother abandons baby at Bole
Joyce claimed she abandoned the baby because she thought it was dead. Source: Getty Images
Source: Getty Images

Joyce was detained by the Bole police pending an investigation into her claim that she abandoned the baby.

The baby has been receiving care at the Bole District Hospital since it was found abandoned on the Bole CEPS barrier on the Bole to Techiman road on October 27, 2023.

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Joyce claimed she abandoned the baby because she thought it was dead after she delivered it.

Baby girl abandoned in Achimota Forest

An abandoned baby girl was found near the Accra Zoo in the Achimota Forest in the Greater Accra Region.

The Ghana Ambulance Service personnel rescued the baby from the Ayawaso North Constituency.

The ambulance personnel reported to the Ghana Police Service for investigations to commence.

Pastor adopts an abandoned baby

In 2022, YEN.com.gh reported that a pastor identified as Blessedconvenant Cyril Antai adopted a baby abandoned in front of his church.

Cyril, in a Facebook post, shared photos of the baby while revealing that a mother had abandoned her baby at his church.

After following due protocols, including going to the police station to report the case, the pastor adopted the baby.

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Police woman nurses rescued the baby

In a separate story, YEN.com.gh reported that a policewoman melted hearts while caring for an abandoned, malnourished child.

The officer, working overtime on guard duty, had received a call from a children's hospital requesting her attention.

On getting there, the officer came across the crying six-month-old child and breastfed him when the hospital caretaker permitted her.

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Source: YEN.com.gh

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.