The District Court of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) in Accra has remanded Latifa Salifu in connection with the theft of a four-day-old baby boy from the postnatal ward of Mamprobi Hospital in Accra.
This was when she appeared before the court on Friday, February 20, following swift police investigations and public cooperation that led to her arrest after the incident was reported on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
Latifa, aged 33, is expected to reappear on March 4, 2026, as investigations continue.
According to police, at around 10 a.m. on the 17th, Abigail Dzikunu, accompanied by Henrita Abe Blessed, reported “that an unidentified woman, disguised as a nurse, had stolen a newborn from the hospital’s postnatal ward.”
The baby’s mother, Precious Ankomah, who delivered her son on February 14, 2026, told police that “a woman dressed in a nurse’s peach-coloured uniform took the baby under the pretext of administering medication and disappeared.”
The suspect claimed she had delivered at the hospital and was discharged due to a lack of care; however, police investigations found no records to support her claim.
The case has reignited public concern about security at health facilities, particularly maternity wards, with calls for tighter visitor screening and surveillance systems to prevent similar incidents.
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