Lifeguards save young girl from assailant

Lifeguards on Tuesday saved a seven-year-old girl, Sabina Appiah, from a possible murderer at the La Beach area.

Sabina was rescued by a man who spotted her in the grip of an unknown assailant who had covered her mouth to prevent her from screaming, according to eyewitnesses.

Little Sabina speaking Ga, told the GNA on Wednesday that she met the suspect at "Lamptey George" at La at 0900 hours on her way to her grandmother, who lives near the Trade Fair Centre.

She said the man held her hand and promised to take her to her grandmother.

Sabina, having gone to her grandmother's house many times, realised that the man was taking her to a different place.

She said when she asked the man where he was taking her, he replied, "keep quite, we are going to grandmother."

She said the man carried her on his shoulders and when they were getting near the sea he covered her mouth with his hand thus preventing her from speaking.

Mrs Dede Ashifi, the mother of Sabina, confirmed that her daughter went to visit her grandmother around that time.

She said she was in the house around noon when good Samaritans brought the girl who was in tears.

She said Sabina's rescuers told her that the man managed to escape after being severely beaten by people who came to the scene.

In another incident, a six-year-old girl, Ophilia Adoley Addo, was found dead near the La Kpeshi Lagoon about 200 meters from the Labadi Beach Hotel on Easter Sunday.

Mrs Doris Sanka, Ophilia's mother told the GNA that the girl left home at noon on April 16 to her father's house near the Trade Fair Centre but was found dead under a tree beside the river.

She was naked and her forehead and cheeks had some abrasions.

The police, however, said they did not suspect any foul play and a second pathology test would be conducted after the girl's family rejected the first report.