The story of Josephine Mensah, a 28-year-old missing but found a pregnant woman in Takoradi, has taken a different twist as police suspect a conspiracy.
“Investigations also suggest that the suspect may have conspired with other persons over her possible planned disappearance,” a statement from the police read.
Ms. Mensah, who was said to have been nursing a near-term pregnancy, was reported missing after going for a routine dawn walk on Thursday, September 16, 2021, in Takoradi.
Barely a week after, Josephine was found in Axim but without her pregnancy.
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Commenting on the development, the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Otchere Darko Mensah, said preliminary investigation and examination by doctors show that Josephine Panyin Mensah was never pregnant.
“Information available to me from national security and doctors indicates that the ’missing but found woman’ was never pregnant and there was no mark of assault too on her,” he said
According to him, the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) indicates that the story of kidnapping is fake.
“Yesterday, the [NIB] sent me a report that she has been found and was receiving treatment at the Axim Government Hospital, however, their preliminary investigation and examination shows that she was never pregnant as has been reported. They suspect that this whole story was fabricated,” he said.
Josephine before her abduction.
He insists the dirtied appearance of the woman when she was found might have been as a result of spending days in her hideout.
“I have asked the police to investigate Josephine and her husband since I suspect the whole episode could be a hoax”, the minister said in an earlier interview with Kofi TV.
The police has corroborated with the regional minister’s claims.
“The police is heavily relying on medical experts who have examined her. Their findings are that Josephine Mensah was never pregnant within the period under review following thorough medical examination by the medical doctors at the Axim Government Hospital” part of the statement read.
It has, therefore, arrested three suspects for questioning.
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“Three suspects have so far been arrested for further questioning on possible conspiracy charges,” the statement read.