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General News of Thursday, July 25, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-07-25
The three girls were abducted in Takoradi last year
The Koranchie family, one of the families of the three girls kidnapped by Takoradi, said they had regained the trust of the security agencies who found the girls after the president's comments on the case.
In an interview with Citi News, Michael Koranchie, brother of Priscilla Koranchie, one of the kidnapped girls said that the president's words were rebaduring.
"Since the incident, I have not heard him speak and I have been relieved of his statement. We therefore hope that the police and other security agencies working on the case will act. We thought they were doing little, but his statement that the government was determined to fight to bring girls back to life is positive. "
President Akufo-Addo, who was speaking Wednesday at a grbad-cutting ceremony in the western region, said the government was in talks with Ghana's neighboring countries to help reunite the girls.
According to him, the government is working vigorously to save the girls but has been discreet in his work.
"Every effort is made to bring back the girls. The fact that there is not much information in the public domain does not mean that the state or security agencies are not working hard to ensure their safe return to their families. " said the president.
This would be the first time the President would comment on the case.
Ruthlove Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Priscilla Koranchie, kidnapped between August and December 2018, remained secret several months after the case became more widespread at the national level.
Two suspects, the two Nigerians, are currently on trial for their alleged involvement in the crime.
Meanwhile, the Sekondi High Court, presided over by Judge Hanna Taylor, adjourned for the second time the case against Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji, the suspects in the case.
The case was adjourned following a request by State Attorney, Adelaide Kobire Woode, that she would have had difficulty meeting with the two defendants who were being held separately in the jails. security at Nsawam and at the CID headquarters in Accra to gather information. modify the information sheet for the case to be processed.
Anguished families have spent the last few months demanding the urgency of the police, but officials have asked the families to remain steadfast while continuing their investigations.
The main suspect in the kidnapping, Sam Udoetuk Wills, has already been sentenced to 18 months in jail for escaping from the cells in December 2018, following his arrest.
During the period, residents of Takoradi Sekondi Metropolis expressed concern about the pace of investigations.
Some groups organized demonstrations and also petitioned the president and the regional coordination council of Sekondi.
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