Father, 33, allegedly kills baby hours after birth

A 33-year-old man, Amidu Ibrahim, has been arrested by the Akatsi Police for allegedly killing a baby girl hours after she was given birth to by his wife.

The suspect, was arrested after the wife and mother of the baby, Sumanu Ladi, 28, reported the incident to the Akatsi Police. 

Chief Superintendent, Joseph Dzineku, the Akatsi South District Commander of Police, told the GNA that Sumanu Ladi came to the charge office and reported that she gave birth to a baby girl at Bekpo on Sunday August 25, at about 8pm and that around 1am the next day, her husband, Amidu Ibrahim came for the child and killed her.

Mr Dzineku said the couple lived together until the woman took seed and decided to go and give birth at her parents end in Benin.

He said two years later, Ibrahim followed his wife to Benin and realised that she gave birth to a boy and was pregnant again for another person but decided to bring them back to Ghana.  

The police said, exactly two months after both of them had returned from Benin to reside in Bekpo, a suburb of Akatsi, Sumani Ladi gave birth to a baby girl. 

Sumani noted that the suspect came for the baby and when asked where he was taking the baby to, he walked out, compelling his wife to raise alarm for help. 

Mr Dzineku said residents in the village quickly embarked on a search and caught Ibrahim at a hideout.  

He said during interrogation by the residents, Ibrahim allegedly said he was only interested in the wife and not the new baby and later led them to where he dumped the dead body of the baby. 

Mr Dzineku said when the police got to the scene of the murder, the baby’s left arm was chopped off and the left side of the head slashed with a sharp cutlass.

He said Ibrahim agreed to committing the crime and was kept in police custody for further investigation.  

Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been deposited at the St. Paul’s mortuary at Akatsi for preservation and autopsy.