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There was a drama on Wednesday at Sekondi High Court 2 in the Western Region, when a mother of one of the kidnapped girls slapped the suspect, Samuel Udoterk, after pleading no guilty of the crime.
Comfort Arhin, mother of Ruthlove Quayson, upset by the suspect's refusal to reveal where her daughter and the other girls were found, rushed to him while he was being fired to the audience , asking for justice for the crime she believes she committed.
Joy News correspondent Ina-Thanlia Quansah was in court and reported that the parents and family members of the other two girls had joined Comfort in the attack.
She added that it had taken nearly 15 minutes for the police, who had almost stopped angry families, to bring some reason to the court.
When the case was called, six charges of conspiracy to commit a crime; namely kidnappings and kidnappings were brought against Udoterk and the second suspect, John Orji.
But Udoterk pleaded not guilty to all.
It's been almost a year since the first of the three girls – Priscilla Bentum – has disappeared. Two others, Priscilla Mantebea Koranchie and Ruth Love Quayson, have not been found yet.
Udoterk admitted to plotting with the second suspect, John Orji, to kidnap Ruthlove Quayson and Priscilla Bentum, but refused to reveal to the police where they were.
The police in their investigations also encountered a Facebook conversation between the two suspects in which they discussed drugs that could be given to the victims.
Udoterk's guilty plea in court has angered the families of the girls exasperated by her refusal to disclose their whereabouts.
They launched insults and cursed the two suspects and the police, who they accused of not doing enough to save their daughters.
Judge Hannah Taylor, who presided at the hearing, remanded the case on October 16.
It also ordered the Attorney General to bring to the court all exhibits relating to the case.
In addition, Interior Minister Ambrose Dery said the police have been relentlessly pursuing the case to ensure that girls are reunited with their families.
Mr. Dery told MPs on Tuesday, July 30, that he did not know when the girls would be saved but that he was badured that significant efforts were being made to find them.
He added that the West Region police had been tasked with keeping families informed of investigations.
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