TWO NANNIES ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ADMINISTERING SLEEP-INDUCING SUBSTANCES TO TWO-YEAR-OLD TWINS AT EAST LEGON
The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Airport Divisional Police Command in Accra has arrested two nannies for allegedly administering sleep-inducing substances to their employer’s two-year-old twin sons at East Legon, a suburb of Accra.
The suspects have been identified as Francisca Boakye, 30, a student nurse from Konongo in the Ashanti Region, and Harriet Ansah, 31, from Jasikan in the Oti Region.
According to police reports, the complainant, a 41-year-old businesswoman, lodged a complaint after noticing persistent drowsiness and unusual behavioral changes in her children during September 2025. Concerned about the situation, she took the twins to the hospital for medical evaluation, where further inquiries revealed that the nannies had allegedly been adminis...