Two Nigerians arrested in Ghana after allegedly killing 11-year-old lady

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested two Nigerians in reference to the alleged homicide of an 11-year-old lady, Blessing Innocent, at Gomoa Buduburam within the Central Region.

The suspects have been recognized as Kingsley Ozor, 40, an autobody sprayer, and his 19-year-old apprentice, Jeffery Otaigbe.

The alleged incident occurred on Saturday, October 17, 2026.

According to a police assertion issued on Wednesday, October 21, the investigation started after the sufferer’s mom reported her lacking to the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Gomoa Buduburam District Police on Monday, October 19.

The mom informed the police that her daughter had been lacking since Saturday, October 17.

Preliminary investigations indicated that the lady had visited the 2 suspects, who’re their neighbours, at about 8:30 a.m. on the day she went lacking. That go to was reportedly the final time she was seen.

The police subsequently arrested the suspects on Tuesday, October 20.

During interrogation, each males reportedly admitted that the lady had been with them on the day she disappeared.

Further investigations, in response to the police, revealed that Otaigbe allegedly lured the lady into an uncompleted constructing close to an property neighborhood, the place he defiled her earlier than realising that she was not alive.

The assertion mentioned the suspect subsequently led investigators to a location the place the lady’s physique had been hid beneath some shrubs.

The police recovered the physique and conveyed it to the morgue at St. Gregory Catholic Hospital.

Arrangements are being made for an post-mortem on the Police Hospital to find out the circumstances surrounding her passing.

Both suspects stay in police custody as investigations proceed.

The Central East Regional Police Command counseled the Gomoa Buduburam District Police for apprehending the suspects and guaranteed the general public that crimes of this nature could be handled swiftly to make sure that these accountable face the complete rigours of the legislation.