The Ghana Police Service in collaboration with the Cyber Security Authority and the National Security Authority has arrested a suspect pastor for defilement and the production and possession of a child sexual abuse material.
The arrest took place in the early hours of March 6, 2026 in Cape Coast, Central Region during a joint-led intelligence operation by the Ghana Police, the Cyber Security and the National Security.
The suspect, Ebenezer Konduah, 45 is the lead pastor at Mahanen Christian Centre at Ankaful. He was apprehended in Waraba, a suburb of Eguaa in Cape Coast.
The suspect is also known to operate a Facebook profile under the name Reverend Dr. Konduah where he portrays himself as a trained gynecologist and international marriage counsellor.
Police investigations revealed that in August 2021, the suspect lured the survivor, then a 13-year-old Junior High School student into his home under the guise of providing spiritual counselling and behavioral correction.
Police say since then, the suspect repeatedly subjected the survivor to sexual abuse over an extended period. He also recorded videos of the abuse on his mobile phone.
According to the police, in some instances, he forced the survivor to hold up materials displaying an adult’s pornographic website and to state on camera that she was accessible on that platform with apparent intent to distribute such content online.
Police got wind of the sexual abuse after the victim confided in the school’s Headmistress. A complaint was filed with the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) and the case was formally referred to the Circuit court in Cape coast.
Upon arrest, various items were recovered from the suspect’s home and are now under forensic analysis.
The items recovered include one HP laptop, 3 external hard drives, 5 pen drives, one Android mobile phone, one tablet, two electronic vibrators with accessories, assorted contraceptives (used and unused), lubricants, a used pregnancy test kits and two ladies panties.
With technical assistance from the Cyber Security Authority, forensic investigators uncovered evidence of the production of the child sexual abuse material as well as three private pornographic website accounts stored on the suspects’ digital devices.
The suspect was previously charged with two counts in the Cape Coast circuit court for defilement of a female child under 16 years per section 101 (2) of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 Act 29 and child pornography per section 136 (1) (c) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2008 Act 772.
He was re-arrested and put before a Circuit court on March 8, 2026 on a new charge of possessing an indecent image of a child violating section 62 and 63 of the Cyber Security Act 2020 Act 1038.
He has been remanded into prison custody to reappear on March 27, 2026.
