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General News of Monday, January 28, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-01-28
Wills is on trial for escaping from lawful detention, causing unlawful damage and resisting arrest
The Takoradi District Court, located in the Western Region, was the subject of a no-show. The kidnapping suspect must be tried for breaking a police cell.
The police did not reveal the 28-year-old Nigerian suspect, Samuel Udoetuk Wills, a senior suspect following the kidnapping of three girls in Takoradi, in the western region.
According to the prosecutor, Inspector Bernard Ahensan, the suspect was sent to Accra from Sekondi prison this weekend and had not arrived in time for the scheduled hearing.
He is the subject of a lawsuit for escaping from legal detention, causing unlawful damage and resisting arrest after escaping from a police custody. Takoradi police cell on December 30, 2018.
The suspect used an object to cut the iron rod for ventilation in the cell and escaped, explained the West Region Police Command.
It took seven days for seven policemen, who were on duty during the escape, to bring back the suspect or face the law.
The news of his escape angered Takoradi residents, who questioned the police's commitment to solving a kidnapping case that has since attracted national media attention.
Mr. Udoetuk Wills was retaken on January 10, 2019 in an abandoned building. A dress and a headdress of one of the victims were found.
The police claim to have the "belief" that the clothes found are linking the Nigerian to the crime.
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