A 27-year-old woman, Abdulai Zalia, has been arrested by the West Mamprusi Police Command for allegedly stealing a 13-month-old baby on Thursday, April 18, in Walewale, North East Region.
Reportedly, the mother of the stolen child, who was asleep in an open area of her house, discovered her baby missing upon the return of the baby’s father.
The concerned parents immediately notified the police.
Acting promptly, the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) arrested the alleged baby thief on the same day, April 18, and recovered the 13-month-old from her possession.
Sources familiar with the situation revealed that the accused woman, originally from Nalerigu, has a history of mental challenges and petty theft in the area.
The police have confirmed that the case is currently under investigation.
The arrested woman is expected to appear before the court in Walewale on Friday, April 19, 2024.
Dr. Frederick Mac-Palm, who was the main suspect in a treason investigation and was accused of attempting to overthrow President Akufo-Addo, has reportedly passed away.
Although there are few specifics on how he passed away, he was reportedly found unconscious in the wee hours of March 25, 2023, according to a citinewsroom.com story.
The report also stated that when he arrived at the hospital, he was already dead.
Background
Dr. Mac-Palm together with two others; Ezor Kafui and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu, was on Friday, September 20, 2019, picked up by a joint team from the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) and the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) for plotting a coup against the presidency with the intent to destabilize the country.
The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, in a press release revealed how state agencies detected and foiled a planned attack on the Jubilee House leading to the retrieval of several arms, explosive devices, and ammunition from Alajo and Bawaleshie in Accra and Dodowa respectfully.
Following the alleged coup attempt, the three accused persons were today, September 24 arraigned before the Kaneshie District Court and slapped with five charges.
Some of the charges they’re faced with are conspiracy to commit crimes; to wit manufacturing of arms and ammunition without lawful authority, possessing explosives and firearms without lawful excuse, and manufacture of firearms without lawful authority.
But reacting to the charges after court proceedings, Dr. Mac-Palm while being escorted by the BNI to his vehicle shouted by pleading innocent to the charges levelled against him.
According to him, he knows the truth will definitely come out for him to be vindicated so he is not in any way bothered about the whole issue.
However, the Kaneshie District Court presided over by the magistrate, Rosemond Dodua Agyiri, has remanded the alleged coup plotters into BNI custody and ordered that family members and lawyers be allowed to visit the accused persons.
This follows after the prosecutor, ASP Sylvester Asare asked the court to remand the three suspects into BNI custody to enable them to continue with investigations smoothly.
The request was objected to by the defence attorneys who argued that the State should have been ready to prosecute the case if any, due to the number of days the accused person has been with them.
But the magistrate granted the request by the prosecution and urged them to expedite their investigations.
The case has been adjourned to October 9, 2019. A fourth suspect only named as Sulley is currently on the run.
