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A security expert who follows the bizarre story of three women abducted in Takoradi blamed the police for not being proactive.
Justine Bayor, a security and conflict resolution badyst, said the police's failure to gain public support for tracing the three women was why they were still missing after five months .
"We expected the police to be proactive in calling the public to come and inform on a voluntary basis," he said of the news program. PM Express, on MultiTV.
Police in Takoradi, in the western region, said that although they tried to have a key suspect in the kidnapping case disclosed to them the whereabouts girls, they have made little progress.
Commander Redeemer Vincent Dedzo told Joy News that the suspect, Nigerian Samuel Wilson Udoterg, who has been in their custody for weeks, refused to reveal the exact location of the girls and that the police could do nothing about it.
"We tried every means to talk to him. At first he took us to Kasoa [Central region suburb] and we combed through all of Kasoa, but he could not drive us where the victims are. He's not even ready to talk. He will tell you that he does not know where the victims are, "said the police commander.
Photo: The three girls, Ruth Quayson, Mantsebea Koranchie and Priscilla Bentum, were among the seven girls abducted by Samuel last year.
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The police, however, failed to convince the suspect who burst out of prison and was arrested again to speak, accusing him instead of driving him into prosecution. wild goose in Kasoa.
Civil society groups, women's rights advocates and some lawyers questioned the police's attitude to the case, but the commander said such criticism was regrettable.
Speak on PM Express Tuesday night, the Justine Bayor stated no matter what strategy police should adopt to find girls, they should have included public support.
"It's not necessarily necessary to publish the pictures of people. But they could easily have gone on radio or television to ask for help from the public. Depending on the type of information they obtain, they can then decide what action to take, he said.
He said that five months is too long for three girls to disappear without a full campaign to bring them back.
"You [police] need to act quickly … as far as I'm concerned … the police should even be able to inform us and keep the public informed of its activities, without even disclosing any information, "he said.
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Collins Owusu Amankwah, Deputy Chairman of the Parliament's Defense and Interior Committee, also said his committee was very interested in such issues, particularly because it limits the security of Ghanaians.
"We invite police provide to the committee especially when there are problems and until they have gone with the problems. So kidnapping as a crime will certainly be put forward when we call the high command of the police, "he said.
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