IDC Chief Visits Families of Abducted Girls and Rescues

General News of Saturday, January 26, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-01-26

DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Dankwa, director general of the Criminal Investigation Department, and the hierarchy of the Western Region Police Command visited the families of the three abducted girls in separate meetings in Takoradi.

She made these visits Saturday, January 26, 2019 to ensure intensive efforts to rescue girls.

The CID official said the investigation team had been beefed up and that provisions were being made to call on US experts to speed up the investigation.

West Regional Police Command's public relations officer, Olivia Adiku, who confirmed this information to Citi News, said: "The police have done their best to save the girls and prevent them. other kidnapping incidents, but will soon make public it was done ".

When Citi News contacted Nana Adjoa Quayson, a sister of one of the kidnapped girls, she said, "The police and the regional police commander visited us in Diabene today and promised to rescue soon our sister and the other girls. She told us that they had even sent officers out of the country to help locate the place where the girls had been taken and that they would bring experts from the country. 39, a foreigner to help them ".

When asked if the visit was rebaduring enough for the family, Nana Adjoa said, "We accept the promise to bring back our sister. After all, it's the people who hold the suspect and who are the only people who can locate it, so we take it like that in the hope of seeing our sister soon. "

Meanwhile, the West Regional Police Command has not yet confirmed a fifth suspected case of abduction in Kwesimintsim, after the fourth confirmed case of abduction was reported to the Tarkwa police, involving Augustina Ndaago, 19, of Tarkwa High School, who had never returned home had taken a departure on January 23.

Citi News can confirm that the Western police command has reinforced its surveillance in the metropolis of Sekondi-Takoradi, while many speculations report attempts of kidnappings foiled.

In recent weeks, kidnappings in the country involving mostly young girls have been reported.

The three kidnappings reported in the western region sparked a social media campaign by Ghanaians, urging the police to be more aggressive in finding missing girls.

Another report was made this week in the Volta region involving a 17-year-old girl.

Ms. Beatrice Dzorvakpor, a 17-year-old son of Christian High School, reported to police Ho the case of her missing niece on Monday, Jan. 21, and presented evidence of a Whatsapp conversation between her and another person using the phone of his niece who did not ask for ransom.

The victim was later found after the abductor filed her in Aflao, where she could have located a friend.