Abductions: we need time; stop giving us deadlines – IGP

General News on Thursday, February 14, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-02-14

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. David Asante-Apeatu, has appealed to families affected by kidnappings in the western region, to allow the police to do their job without increasing pressure or obligation deadlines .

Mr. Asante-Apeatu's comment comes as a result of growing anger among the families of the three abducted girls in Takoradi.

The families, who threatened a second demonstration, accused the police of sleeping at work with regard to finding girls.

A Nigerian, Samuel Udoetuk-Wills, was arrested in connection with the case and badists police in the investigation.

Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Thursday 14 February 2019, Asante-Apeatu called on the injured families to give the police enough time to find the girls.

He said: "They should not give us a timetable, but rather cooperate with us, the police need time to conduct these investigations".

He added: "It's not as if in Ghana we are not able to solve kidnapping cases. I came back from South Africa recently and that's the case everywhere. We do not know? Sometimes I wonder if we are comparing ourselves to a particular country, but if we try to do it, we may be a bit comfortable with our situation. I am not saying that we are complacent, but we are doing our best under the circumstances to manage crime in this country. "

Mr. Asante-Apeatu also cautioned against misrepresenting the case of each missing person as an abduction. He pointed out that sometimes the victims sometimes went to stay with their lovers or traveled unbeknownst to their families and friends. Therefore, the public should not be quick to conclude that every case of missing person is an abduction.

He added that Ghana "is not doing bad" in terms of general crime management and explained that in some countries there are up to 83,000 homicide cases, but "we sometimes register 500 and 400 ".