Court convicts man who pleaded guilty to stealing 4-year-old child

A 25-year-old mason has been convicted by the Adentan Circuit Court after pleading guilty to stealing a four-year-old boy from Kpedze in the Volta Region and taking him to Accra.

David Kpandoyo, a Togolese national, was convicted on his own plea by the court, presided over by Angela Attachie. Sentencing was adjourned to July 14, 2026.

According to the prosecution, the child disappeared from Kpedze on July 1. Two days later, a resident found him wandering at New Legon in Accra and reported the matter to the police.

After announcements were made within the community, Kpandoyo came forward and claimed the child was his son. Police, however, asked him to provide proof of the claim, but he was unable to produce the child’s birth certificate or lead officers to the child’s mother.

Investigators later received a missing person’s flyer containing the child’s photograph and his mother’s contact details. The child’s mother subsequently reported to the New Legon Police Station with the child’s birth certificate and confirmed that she did not know Kpandoyo.

During investigations, Kpandoyo admitted the boy was not his son and confessed that he took the child from Kpedze while working there before bringing him to Accra.

Appearing before the court, Kpandoyo said he had been drinking when the child approached him. He told the court that he gave the boy some money, took him home and could not remember what happened afterwards because he was intoxicated.