Police investigations into the suspected sexual assault and murder of an 11-year-old girl at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region have led to the recovery of her body and the arrest of two suspects.
The victim, identified as Blessing Innocent, had been reported missing by her mother after she was last seen on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
The Central East Regional Police Command said the suspects, Kingsley Ozor, 40, an autobody sprayer, and his 19-year-old apprentice, Jeffery Otaigbe, were arrested on Tuesday, October 20, following investigations into the case.
According to a police statement, the victim’s mother lodged a missing-person report with the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Gomoa Buduburam District Police on Monday, October 19.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the girl visited the two suspects, who live in the same neighbourhood, at about 8:30 a.m. on October 17. Police said that was the last known place she was seen before she went missing.
During interrogation, both suspects reportedly admitted that the girl had been with them on the day she disappeared.
Police investigations further alleged that Otaigbe lured the child into an unfinished building near an estate community, where he sexually assaulted her before discovering that she was no longer alive.
The police said Otaigbe subsequently led investigators to the location where the body had allegedly been hidden beneath shrubs, enabling them to retrieve it.
The body has since been conveyed to the morgue at St. Gregory Catholic Hospital, with arrangements underway for an autopsy at the Police Hospital to establish the cause of death.
Ozor and Otaigbe remain in police custody and are assisting with investigations as authorities work to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.
The suspects’ alleged involvement remains subject to the ongoing police investigation and the legal process.
