Police Progress in Search of Kidnapped Girls – Security Analyst

General News of Saturday, January 26, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-01-26

Police are making progress in locating the three abducted girls in the western region.

The suspect, currently in custody and reluctant to cooperate with the police investigation, reportedly provided useful information to help police search for girls.
According to security badyst Adam Bona, security badyst, who closely follows the file and is in contact with the security authorities as well as with the families of the victims.

Speaking on The Big Issue, Dr. Bona expressed optimism about the police's ability to suppress the kidnappers and reunite the kidnapped girls with their families.

"The CID police headquarters stepped in and sent a crack team to the Western Region and they started working on it. As we speak, they are almost there, "he said.

Dr. Bona, who could not give all the details, explained that the available information could compromise the work of the security agencies if they were immediately made public.

Five girls from Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis in western region reportedly abducted between August 2018 and January 2019

The only suspect in custody, 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 in Accra after being broken prison and being hidden, but was later arrested in Nkroful, near Takoradi.

It did not provide a location for abducted girls.

The police are currently under public pressure to pursue the case aggressively as more and more kidnappings have been reported in the country.

The high ranking police has given badurances that she will arrest the suspects and find the missing girls.

Western Regional Police Commander, DCOP Redeemer Dedjoe, said earlier this week that his office had uncovered new leads that could help them in their investigations to find the three abducted girls in Takoradi.

Family traumatized by the disappearance of a girl over 18

Meanwhile, the family of Ruth Love Quayson, one of the abducted girls, said that they were still traumatized despite the new arrest of the suspect, Samuel Udoetuk Wills.

Awuradjoa Quayson, a sister of one of the missing girls, Ruth, said her sister's disappearance affected her family.

"Even when your child is sick, imagine the trauma you are experiencing as a parent. How much more kidnappings? My mother could not sleep since the day the kidnapper escaped from the cells.

"It has not been easy for a month, knowing that our parent is here, but you do not hear anything from her. You can not even tell if she ate or not, "she added.