The mother of the baby who was stolen in Takoradi in the Western region, Nana Akosua Bowaa, says she takes full responsibility for her son being stolen.
The Takoradi Police SWAT team found the little boy Francis Mawusi Ahiabenu at Efiakuma with the suspect and a man believed to be her husband.
The suspects are in police custody assisting in investigations into the incident.
Speaking to Kwaku Owusu Adjei on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa FM Tuesday, March 26, Akosua Bowaa who claims she’s gone through a lot psychologically said she’s learnt her lesson and would never leave her child in the hands of a stranger again.
“I blame myself for allowing my son to be stolen, I know very well that it was my fault. I regret not being smart. Right after the incident, I started blaming myself and everyone also blamed me. I accept full responsibility, this will never happen again.”
She added the suspect tried to change the identity of her son to make it difficult to find him.
“When the Police eventually got the suspect to open the door to their room there laid my son. They had changed my son’s identity, they had shaved his hair so if you compare the picture that is out there in the public and the way he’s looking after he’s been found one may say he’s not my son.”
Akosua Bowaa was grateful to God that the incident did not threaten her marriage and also thanked Ghanaians and the Police Service for their support in finding her beloved son.
Background
Last Friday, the suspect who was dressed in a long dress with a veil covering her face pretended to be shopping in the market and engaged the victim’s mother, Akosua Bowaa, in a hearty conversation to the extent that the two started speaking their local dialect, Ewe.
The unidentified suspect requested Akosua Bowaa to hand over her baby boy to her to relieve her of the pressure so she could serve customers better.
The suspect then took the one-year-old boy and his siblings to a nearby pastries shop and bought them some, and later returned the siblings leaving the one year old boy with the pastries seller.
The suspect then promised to return the boy but subsequently bolted away with the boy without the mother noticing.
Later, the victim’s mother, realising their absence at the pastries shop, raised an alarm but it was too late to trace the whereabouts of her baby
The frustrated mother began searching for her baby but could only get footage of her missing baby and the suspect from some banks whose CCTV captured them.
