The Airport Divisional Police Command has arrested two nannies accused of giving sleep-inducing drugs to their employer’s two-year-old twin sons at East Legon in Accra.
The suspects — Francisca Boakye, a 30-year-old student nurse from Konongo in the Ashanti Region, and Harriet Ansah, a 31-year-old from Jasikan in the Volta Region — allegedly confessed to giving the children the drugs and admitted to other forms of abuse.
According to police investigations, the two had been working for their employer for the past eight months and reportedly subjected the toddlers to cruel treatment, including burning their hands with fire and calling them derogatory names such as “chimpanzee.”
At a media briefing, the Director of Public Affairs at the Accra Regional Police Command, Superintendent Juliana Obeng, said the case was reported by the children’s mother, a 41-year-old businesswoman, in September 2025.
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“She reported observing unusual drowsiness and strange behaviour in her two children,” Supt. Obeng explained. “Further inquiries revealed that the nannies had been secretly administering a medication suspected to be Dynewell to induce sleep, allegedly so they could have more time to complete other household chores.”
A subsequent search of the suspects’ room uncovered two used and four unused trays of sachet-pack substances believed to have been used in the act.
“Both accused have been cautioned, charged with the appropriate offences, and remanded by the court to reappear on October 20, 2025,” Supt. Obeng confirmed.
She condemned the inhumane treatment of the children and urged parents and guardians to remain vigilant when employing and supervising domestic workers.
“Parents must take a keen interest in the wellbeing of their children and monitor the people they entrust them to,” she cautioned.
Story By: Afia Ohenewaa Akyerem