5-Month-Old Foetus Dumped In Gutter @ Santasi
A five-month-old foetus has been found in a gutter at Nkoranza near Santasi in Kumasi
The incident happened this morning, Friday, January 29, 2021.
“Today about 8:30 am, we discovered that a foetus had been dumped into a gutter. So I quickly called my unit committee members and we hurriedly called the police,” the Assemblymember of Ampabame, William Acheampong said.
“We have also intensified investigations in this area as we hunt for the one who committed this act”, he added.
The body has been buried so far been buried.
This unfortunate incident comes on the back of rising cases of adolescent pregnancies in the Ashanti Region.
Statistics from the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate revealed that some 2,086 adolescent abortions were recorded in 2016 out of a total 18,461 adolescent pregnancies in the Region.