Canadian kidnapped youth hostel closed



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General News on Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

2019-06-12

Ghana tourism logo The Greater Toronto Area closed the home where the two Canadian women kidnapped were staying

The private youth hostel where the two Canadian women were abducted before their abduction was closed for illegal exploitation.

Officials of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in the Ashanti region, badisted by the police, yesterday locked the home, which has not registered to provide accommodation in accordance with the law.

Peter Theophilus Acheampong, regional director of the Ashanti Metropolitan Area, said the facility did not meet the requirements of the LI 2238 and 2239, which deal with how companies in the industry of accommodation, drinks and entertainment can work.

He warned members of the public not to frequent the hostel services, which suffers from several security breaches, including the lack of CCTV cameras and the presence of a security guard to protect and protect customers.

Police Hope

Police in the Ashanti region remain optimistic about solving one of the region 's most notorious abductions involving two female Canadian students in a youth development program in the country after the visit of the province. Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu, and some experts in foreign security.

Lauren Patricia Catherine Tilley, 19, and Bailey Jordan Chitty, 20, were abducted on June 4, 2019 in Kumasi as they returned home from a youth development program organized by Youth Challenge International.

Despite a huge manhunt and the help of the Canadian High Commission and other security experts, the two ladies have still not been found nor their kidnappers arrested seven days later.

But the police are convinced that the students, who were working as volunteers in Ghana for the international development organization, will be found and reunited with their families.

Last Tuesday, in the Asokwa Four-Junction area, Lauren, Bailey and a third person told their colleagues that they were going to their hostel in Nhyiaeso, around the Royal Gulf Club.

Their colleagues and friends never saw them again, their disappearance having triggered one of the largest police operations in Kumasi in the context of recent kidnappings in the country.

DAILY GUIDE learned that in the days that followed, the cars were stopped at police checkpoints at night and that law enforcement officers searched the premises to see if the kidnappers and captives could be found .

It is difficult to determine who is responsible for the kidnappings, which have become frequent recently because of tensions between the police and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) National President, the opposition party, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, about from the leak of his recording on plans calculated to kidnap people the unpopular government.

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