Mother says man held after daughter, 28, found dead in his room at Essikadu

A 28-year-old woman has been found dead in a room at Essikadu in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region, and her mother says police have arrested the man whose room she was found in.

The woman has been identified in media reports as Elizabeth Sackey, also known as Maame Ekua, an undertaker and single mother of three from New Takoradi.

Her mother, Ekua Tawiah Badu, told Connect FM's Omanbapa Morning Show that her daughter said on Wednesday 4 November 2026 that she would be travelling to Obuasi over the weekend to work on a body, and left home the following day. On Saturday 7 November, she said, she received a call about an emergency involving her daughter at Essikadu Hospital, but did not find her there and was instead taken to a house at Essikadu, where she was told her daughter was lying dead in a room.

“She had visited a boy at Essikadu after telling me she was going to Obuasi and had died in the boy's room. Police have arrested the boy,” she said, as quoted by and.

The circumstances and cause of death have not been made public. GhanaCrimes has not seen a statement from the Ghana Police Service confirming the arrest, and no one has been charged. The man has not been named, and his arrest, if confirmed, would not mean he is responsible for her death.

Media reports say investigations are ongoing to establish how she died.