Two officials of the Social Welfare ministry in Kumasi, Ghana, have been arrested for allegedly stealing and selling a day-old baby.
The two government workers, probation officer, Evelyn Jemima Alangeah, and her colleague, Justice Administration Officer, 58-year-old Samuel Obeng Afriyie, confessed to selling the baby to a couple for over GHS16,500 (1,336,333.09 Naira).
The accused confessed to stealing the baby from its mother under dubious means. The mother of the baby had sought support from the Social Welfare Department’s Regional Office last year after her boyfriend abandoned her with a pregnancy.
That was where she met Alangeah, who asked her to call when she was due for delivery.
The social worker took her to a private maternity home in Kumasi and stole the baby the day it was born.
She reportedly told the new mother that her sick baby had been referred to a nearby hospital for further observation after it was born with rashes on the neck. When indeed, she had taken the baby to an orphanage in Kumasi and sold it to an unsuspecting couple, who had registered at the home. The proceed was shared between the duo.
The new mother was told that her baby had died. She didn’t believe the story and went to the police with her suspicion and it led to the current revelations.
The police are investigating and planning to take the matter to court.
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