Police in Ghana have rescued a nine-year-old girl who was reported missing in the Odumase-Krobo District of the Eastern Region and arrested a female suspect in connection with the incident.
In a statement dated April 21, 2026, the Ghana Police Service stated that the child disappeared on April 19, 2026, after leaving home and failing to return.
As a result, the father reported the matter to the Odumase-Krobo District Command, prompting immediate investigations.
“The Odumase-Krobo District Command on Monday, 20th April, 2026, arrested a female suspect in connection with the abduction of a nine (9) year old girl at Agormanya Zongo in the Odumase-Krobo district. On Sunday, 19th April, 2026, the Odumase-Krobo district Command received a complaint from the victim’s father that his daughter left home and had since not returned,” read part of the statement.
Police in Ghana Rescue an Abducted Child Set for Trafficking to Kenya
The police confirmed that, acting on intelligence, officers from the Odumase-Krobo District Command, with assistance from security personnel at the Kotoka International Airport, tracked and arrested a 36-year-old female suspect, Regina Mamle Tawiah.
The victim was also located at the airport during the operation and was safely rescued by police officers.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect was trying to send the victim to Kenya. Meanwhile, the victim has been reunited with her father.”
Child Abductions in Kenya
This incident comes amid the growing number of children missing in Kenya under unclear circumstances.
Lately, parents have reportedly raised concerns about the increasing abductions, with children aged ten years and below being the most targeted.
In March 2026, police dismantled a network in Nairobi’s Dandora and Njiru areas where three women were arrested for running a racket that sold newborn boys for Ksh30,000 and girls for Ksh25,000.
This plan mostly targets vulnerable women who have suffered miscarriages.
Elsewhere, in 2025, detectives rescued a 3-year-old boy who was stolen from his home in Ruiru, Kiambu county, in a swift pursuit that saw two male suspects taken to custody.
Storming one of the suspects’ houses in Tetu, Nyeri county, detectives found the minor in the company of the house owner (George Maina), and the man believed to have snatched him away from his Ruiru home (Samuel Juma), thereby rescuing him to safety and cuffing the two suspects.
