Mason convicted after admitting to stealing 4-year-old boy from Volta Region to Accra

A Togolese 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, where he falsely claimed the child was his son.

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.

As reported by GNA, according to the prosecution, the complainant, Mr Bismark Gbago, a 52-year-old painter who lives at New Legon in Accra, reported to police after finding the young boy wandering alone in the neighbourhood on July 3, 2026.