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General News of Saturday, June 8, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-06-08
The three missing girls from Takoradi
A group called the Center for Defense and Security has criticized the police department and the government for what it describes as mismanagement of recent kidnappings in the country.
The group said the government's response to recent "security breaches", including kidnappings and human trafficking in the country, was unsatisfactory, while the police did not handle these cases.
"The government's response to these recent security breaches has not been satisfactory. Police handling of kidnappings has also been poor. The failure of the police to resolve the kidnapping of the three Takoradi daughters emboldened subsequent kidnappings of the Indian national and the Estonian diplomat. The failure of the police to arrest these abductors only reinforces the recent abduction of the two Canadian nationals. "
The group's remark follows the recent abduction case involving two Canadian women in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region.
The group said in a statement that "these recent kidnappings in Ghana may also be an alternative manifestation of terrorism" in the country.
"This wave of kidnappings, human trafficking, kidnappings, and fluid weapon movements in Ghana badyzed collectively are resilient symptoms of terrorism and could be an alternative manifestation of terrorism." . There is a link between terrorism and abductions. Ransom payments from kidnapping activities of terrorist groups. Trafficking of abducted women, generally between the ages of 16 and 21, is sold to prostitution rings in neighboring countries, which is a known source of funding for terrorist groups, "the statement added.
Recent abductions
Three girls from Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis and one from the Tarkwa-Nsuaem municipality in the western region were reportedly abducted between August 2018 and January 2019.
Three of the victims were reportedly abducted by the main suspect arrested earlier this year, 2019.
The suspect, Samuel Udoetuk Wills, allegedly was behind the kidnapping of three girls in the western region, between August and December 2018.
Samuel Udoetuk Wills is currently in custody and on trial for breaking the prison.
He failed to provide the location of the abducted girls.
The police are currently under public pressure to find the girls kidnapped.
The upper hierarchy of the police gave badurances that she would arrest the suspects.
Below the statement of the group
KIDNAPPINGS: A VARIABLE MANIFESTATION OF TERRORISM IN GHANA
1. Ghana is experiencing a wave of kidnappings. The recent case took place on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in which two Canadian women aged 19 and 20 were abducted in Kumasi and the police began looking for ways to rescue them. In April of this year, an Indian businessman was also abducted in Kumasi and, although he was saved, the police were not able to arrest the kidnappers. In April of the same year, an Estonian diplomat in Ghana was abducted, but was later rescued during a police raid while the kidnappers fled. In August and December 2018, three Ghanaian women aged 18 to 21 were abducted in Takoradi and have not been found until now.
2. This wave of kidnappings, human trafficking, kidnappings, and fluid weapon movements in Ghana collectively badyzed are resilient symptoms of terrorism and could be an alternative manifestation of terrorism. terrorism. There is a link between terrorism and abductions. Ransom payments from kidnapping activities of terrorist groups Trafficking in abducted women, generally between the ages of 16 and 21, is sold to prostitution rings in neighboring countries. It is a known source of funding for terrorist groups.
3. A recent report by the Nigerian anti-trafficking agency revealed that most girls abducted in the sub-region are sold in prostitution rings in the Sahel. Currently, 20,000 Nigerian girls have been forced into prostitution in Mali. Kidnapped girls from other West African countries are trafficked to Nigeria and sold to prostitution rings in the Sahel region. Terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab and their cell networks scattered throughout West Africa are using kidnappings, kidnappings, human trafficking and the illegal arms trade as means. to finance and maintain their spread in the subregion and possibly in Ghana;
4. In addition to being resilient symptoms of terrorism, these recent kidnappings in Ghana may also be an alternative manifestation of terrorism. Although Ghana has not experienced a deadly terrorist attack, the Center for Defense and Security badumes that this wave of kidnappings could be a terrorist attack resulting in kidnappings as elements of brute force, lethal weapons and "instillation of fear" are involved. National security agencies should therefore have an badessment of the perpetrators of these abductions and their correlations with terrorism to enable them to devise appropriate strategies to deal with them;
The government's response to these recent security breaches has not been satisfactory. Police handling of kidnappings has also been poor. The failure of the police to resolve the kidnapping of the three Takoradi daughters emboldened subsequent kidnappings of the Indian national and the Estonian diplomat. The failure of the police to arrest these kidnappers only reinforces the recent kidnapping of the two Canadian nationals;
6. The government needs to improve the quality of political leadership given to security agencies to stem the tide of kidnappings in Ghana. There must be synergy within the security establishment to address intelligence failures and duplication that is unproductive. In addition, police must intensify their patrols in cities and suburbs to reinforce their presence in an open or secret manner. We hope the police will save the kidnapped Canadians and bring the perpetrators to justice. In the same vein, the pending case of the three girls abducted from Takoradi must also be resolved as quickly as possible in order to restore confidence and remedy the feeling of insecurity in the country.
Thank you.
SIGN
Yaro Kasambata
Executive director
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