The Sefwi-Wiawso Divisional Police Command has arrested five persons for allegedly stealing two-week-old twin babies at Punikrom in the Wiawso Municipality of the Western-North Region.
The suspects are Paulina Owusu 26, Haruna Yusif 36, Stephen Owusu 32, Kofi Nkrumah, 24 and Sampson Addai, 33 years. The Divisional Commander, DSP Christopher Dzakel, said four of the suspects were arrested earlier but Kofi Nkrumah who was then at large was later arrested.
According to him, the Divisional Command had intelligence on March 14, this year that, Paulina Owusu from Sefwi-Boako had contracted four men to steal a baby for her and that she had rented an apartment for them.
He said he quickly organized his men to rush to the said place to avert anything untoward. The Commander said the suspects were subsequently arrested and upon interrogation confirmed that Paulina Owusu contracted them to steal the babies for her.
DSP Dzakel said the five were sent to the Wiawso Magistrate Court where they were remanded into Police Custody to reappear on Monday, March 29, 2021. The mother of the twins, Abena Owusuaa, told newsmen the prime suspect, Paulina Owusu came to her house pretending to sell meat only to arrange to steal the twin babies.
She disclosed that one of the babies had a challenge in one of the legs and was referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, but due to financial constraints, she has not been able to send her for treatment.