Takoradi organizes a gigantic vigil for kidnapped girls

General News of Monday, February 4, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-02-04

Residents of Sekondi-Takoradi in the western region and surrounding areas held Sunday a big vigil for the three young missing women who were reportedly kidnapped last year.

The gigantic vigil was also to highlight what they say is the wave of kidnappings that hit the twin city.

Although police said only three women were reported missing, locals say at least seven women, mostly teenage girls, have gone missing since last year.

Hundreds of locals invaded the dark streets, holding lighted objects, such as candles and lamps, and sporadically prayed to seek the face of God in deadlock.

The organizers of the busy vigil, Skyy Media Group, hope to send a strong message to all residents to raise their awareness of the strength of their strength and pressure the security authorities to accelerate efforts to unite Priscilla Mantebea Koranchie, 18 ; Priscilla Blessing Bentum, 21; and Ruth Love Quayson 18, with their parents.

The unprecedented vigil began with a "prayer walk," according to the organizers, in the main streets of Takoradi, specifically in the Market Circle, after which they return to the starting point, the Jubilee Park.

In the park, pastors presided over prayer tours to seek God's guidance for the three girls.

The well coordinated vigil, supported by various churches and other groups in the region who participated in the event with their members.

Pastors, in general, prayed for girls, their families and even the kidnappers – supposed to be a Nigerian union – asking God to strengthen girls and take care of them wherever they are. are.

Pressure

The girls – separated families – were taken from various parts of the city last year.

Priscilla Blessing Bentum was the first to be taken in August 2018. The student left the house to devote herself to the choir but never came back.

His anxious father reported his disappearance to the police 24 hours later. It is now known that she was abducted in Kansaworodo, a suburb of Takoradi, a city rich in oil.

The 18-year-old girl took a taxi from her home in Diabene to Butumagyedu Junction and never returned.

Priscilla Mantebea Koranchie, age 15, was last seen on December 21, 2018. She told her younger siblings that she was walking in a nearby town, Nkroful. Since then, no one has heard from him.

Sunday's gigantic vigil adds to the growing pressure on the police and other security agencies to find young girls.

Multimedia Group Ltd launched the #BringBackOurTaadiGirls campaign to force the police to prioritize abduction cases with a forceful and urgent police and investigation and to send young girls, sisters, friends and students away with loved ones, dreams and future to their family.

Progress?

Gender and Social Welfare Mini-Minister Morris said he was informed that the missing girls are still alive.

Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, Deputy Director of Police, announced her remarks a few hours after the Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) announced an imminent UK collaboration.

Police announced that a Nigerian suspect, a Nigerian named Samuel Udoterg Wills, had begun to open after refusing to speak to investigators.