The Airport Divisional Police Command has arrested two nannies for allegedly administering sleep-inducing medication to their employer’s two-year-old twin sons at East Legon, Accra.
The suspects, Francisca Boakye, a 30-year-old student nurse from Konongo in the Ashanti Region, and Harriet Ansah, 31, from Jasikan in the Oti Region, have reportedly confessed to other forms of physical and emotional abuse against the toddlers.
According to the police, the nannies allegedly burnt the hands of the children with fire and insulted them with derogatory names such as “chimpanzee” over an eight-month period while in their employer’s service.
The Director of Public Affairs for the Accra Regional Police Command, Superintendent Juliana Obeng, told the media that the case came to light after the mother of the children, a 41-year-old businesswoman, noticed strange signs in September 2025.
“She observed unusual drowsiness and behavioural changes in her two children,” Supt. Obeng said. “Subsequent inquiries revealed that the nannies had been administering a medication suspected to be ‘Dynewell’ to the children without her consent, allegedly making them sleep for extended hours so they could attend to other house chores.”
A police search of the suspects’ room uncovered two used and four unused trays of sachet-pack substances believed to have been used to drug the children.
“Both accused have since been cautioned, charged with the appropriate offences, and remanded by the Court to reappear on October 20, 2025,” Supt. Obeng disclosed.
She cautioned parents and guardians to be more vigilant in supervising domestic staff and condemned the “inhumane acts” meted out to the children.