A Kunkujang Ketaya father has stated a woman wearing a veil stole his five weeks old child.
Twin baby Ousainou Conteh was taken from her mother by a stranger around 4pm on Saturday in Lamin.
According to Modou Conteh, Ousainou’s father, the stranger visited his wife seeking medical attention over her injured hand. In Africa, it’s believed a woman that has given birth to twins cures certain injuries on the body.
Modou explained: “She came to the house around 8am inquiring about a woman that has given birth to twins to massage her hand. She was later invited for breakfast but she said she had already had her breakfast. They (my wife and her mother) later told her they were going to Serrekunda market for food shopping. She also said she was going to Serrekunda market to do the same.
“They all then went together but she returned to the house instead of leaving. Ousainou was given to her to hold. They spent time chatting and then she asked for water to drink. My wife had then gone into the kitchen to cook, leaving the twins with her and my wife’s mother. My wife’s mother gave the other baby to a seven-year-old who was with them to get water for her. She then returned but couldn’t find the woman. She’d already left. She had claimed she moved to the area newly and the house she said she was living, they went there but a man told them no woman lived their except his wife and himself.”
The family has reported the matter to Banjulinding Police Station.
