CID traces the location of the 3 abducted girls from Takoradi

General News of Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Source: Ghanacrusader.com

2019-04-03

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service revealed that he had discovered where the three girls who were kidnapped in Takoradi, in the western region, were.

Maame Tiwaa Addo Danquah, Director General of Police, CID, made this information known at a press conference held on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

The IDC official also said, "In collaboration with the National Bureau of Investigation (BNI), we have worked very well and we know where the girls are now. I am unable to give details because we do not want to compromise their security, "said DCOP Maame Tiwaa Addo Danquah.

"It has taken us more than three months to identify where women are and we do not want to do anything that compromises security," she added.

The BNI has recently resumed investigations into the circumstances surrounding the abduction of three girls. Security agencies in the United Kingdom and the United States have also helped with attempts to find abducted girls.

The girls who were kidnapped were identified as Ruth Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Priscilla Koranchie. They were reportedly abducted between August 2018 and January 2019.

Sam Udoetuk Wills, the main suspect of the kidnapping, is currently in court after escaping from prison in December 2018 after his first arrest. He was later arrested in Nkroful. Udoetuk Wills was badaulted in front of and in court when he last appeared on March 4, 2019.

Meanwhile, a committee set up by the Western Region Police Command to investigate the suspect's allegations that he was badisted by an IDC officer to escape did not yet revealed his conclusions.

The kidnapping of the three girls, which has lasted for several months since last year, has sparked demonstrations in the streets of Takoradi and calls by civil society groups and the media to act swiftly. to apprehend the kidnappers and bring them home. families.

The three girls, Priscilla Blessing Bentum, 21, Ruth Love Quayson, 18, and Priscilla Koranchie, 15, were kidnapped in the metropolis of Sekond – Takoradi and in the municipality of Effia Kwesimintsim, in the western region, and have not been found.