Disclosure of information about missing girls in Taadi is dangerous – Attorney General

General News on Friday, April 26, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-04-26

Attorney General Gloria Akuffo said it was false that the investigating authorities had leaked information about the whereabouts of the three missing girls in Takoradi.

This information, which was made public by the director general of the criminal investigation department of the police department, DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, could put girls' lives at risk, said Ms Akuffo.

"We know where the girls are," Maame Tiwaa told reporters at a press conference on April 2. While being sure of closing the saga, the CID boss asked for patience and badured the public "that they are safe … very soon, they will be brought home."

Then, the families of the missing girls asked why the police had failed to disclose the information to them before becoming public.

The girls Ruth Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Priscilla Koranchie were reportedly abducted between August 2018 and January 2019.

The main suspect in the kidnapping, Samuel Udoetuk-Wills, is currently in trial court of Takoradi after escaping from prison in December 2018 after his first arrest.

Speaking Thursday, the personality profile of Joy FM, the Attorney General announced that as soon as the news reached the kidnappers girls that their whereabouts would have been found, they would move.

"It signals to those who have them and they could change location," she told the host, Lexis Bill.

She added, "You could even put their lives in danger …[and] I find it even unfortunate that the information was shared that they were found. "

Girls found?

On Wednesday, the Daily Guide Newspaper reported that the girls had been found and treated in an anonymous health center in Accra.

But the police administration denied the reports.

In a statement posted on its official Facebook page, the Service said that "the attention of the police administration has been drawn to a report published in the Daily Guide edition of Wednesday, April 24 2019, titled "T & # 39; di Girls Rescued" and wishing declare that the report is false. "

The police, in their press release, again badured families and the public that "we are working tirelessly with partner agencies to rescue the kidnapped girls."

They added in the statement that liaison officers in Takoradi had been tasked with coordinating information between the police and the families of the kidnapped girls and encouraging the heads of families to cooperate with the designated officers.

"Journalists, editors, editors and producers are reminded not to publish news without verification of authorized police sources," urged the statement signed by DSP Chief Public Affairs Officer Shiela Buckman.