Abortion Doctor in Court

Five people including a medical Assistant and two nurses on Tuesday appeared before a Kumasi Circuit tribunal for the second time on a provisional charge of murder.

They are alleged to have murdered Fati Saeed, 24 on April 15 this year and dumped her body at Ketinkrono, near the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi.

According to the Daily Guide, the Tribunal chaired by Mr. V.C. Senu, this time granted them 20 million cedis bail with two sureties each, to three of them who were refused bail at their first appearance last week.

They are Mr Yakubu Mensah, 53, a medical Assistant of Bosomtwi Clinic at Akorem, a suburb of Kumasi, Grace Opoku 43, and Mercy Serwah Bonsu, 26, both nurses at the clinic.

The rest, Ruth Akwaah, 19, a cleaner and Amama Ali 20, a sweeper were last week granted a 10 million cedis bail with one surety each.

The facts of the case according to Chief Inspector, Kwaku Afesi are that on April 15, 2001 a about 2.40am an informant who is a car-washer spotted a female adult, later identified as Fati Saeed lying in a supine position, half naked and dead.

Without hesitation, the informant reported the matter to the Tech police who upon visiting the scene transferred the case to the Regional police CID for investigations.

In the process, a man by name Salim Saeed from Makessim in the Central Region came to identify the deceased (Fati Saeed) as his daughter.

Upon further investigations it came to light that the deceased was pregnant and as such decided to abort the Foetus.

On April 13, she attended the Bosumtwi Clinic at Akorema suburb and was admitted. The following day, a relative whose name was not given by the prosecution visited the clinic and found the deceased on admission bleeding from her female genitals.

The prosecution said as she the relative, claimed to know her, a nurse who was later known as Mercy Serwah Bonsu told her not to inform any body about her (deceased) admission, but she ignored the advice and informed the relatives. Later when the relatives came to the clinic, they were told that the girl had been discharged.

Unfortunately, she was found dead with the body half undressed and dumped at a car ashing bay at Kentinkrono near KNUST.