The Bawku West District police have arrested a young woman for allegedly leaving her four-day-old baby at the Zebilla market.

The suspect, along with her sister, was apprehended at Kuloko, a village in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region.

The incident occurred on March 28, 2025, when the baby was found abandoned near some shops at the Zebilla market. The police took immediate action, rescuing the infant and, with help from the social welfare team, transporting the child to Zebilla District Hospital for medical evaluation and care.

On April 1, 2025, officers from Zebilla traveled to Kuloko, a farming community in the Binduri District, where they arrested the young woman and her sibling.

Joseph Anaba, the Assembly Member for Kuloko, confirmed the arrests in an interview with Citi News. He also shared that the woman had been unaware of the father’s identity when she became pregnant months earlier.