IDC official puts abducted girls in Takoradi at risk

General News on Thursday, April 4, 2019

Source: theheraldghana.com

2019-04-04

The director of the Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) seems moved by the emotions of the families of the three abducted girls in Takoradi, in the western region, claiming that she knows their place of residence but by failing to specify the reasons why they were not saved.

According to security observers, her claims could also endanger the lives of Ruth Quayson's daughters Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Priscilla Koranchie.

DCOP Maame Tiwaa Addo Danquah, at a press briefing yesterday, said "with the BNI [Bureau of National Investigations]we have worked very well and we know where the girls are now. I can not give details because we do not want to compromise their safety. "

Although this may be the most important good news for the families and supporters of the kidnapped girls, who spent the last months demonstrating and asking for the emergency IDC, the police officer did not say in which country the girls currently suspect of being detained by Nigerian kidnappers.

DCOP Addo Danquah, urged anxious families to remain firm, baduring that "for the ladies, we know where they are and they are safe".

"It took us over three months to determine where the women were and what we do not want to do, is to do something that could compromise the safety of this woman."

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) recently resumed the investigation into the abduction of three girls.

Security agencies in the United Kingdom and the United States have also contributed to attempts to trace abducted girls.

The girls were kidnapped between August 2018 and January 2019.

The main suspect in the kidnapping, Sam Udoetuk Wills, is currently in court after escaping from prison in December 2018 after his first arrest. He was later arrested in Nkroful.

The West Regional Police Command set up a committee to investigate the suspect's allegations that an IDC officer had helped him escape.

But the committee has not yet reached a conclusion despite public outrage.

During the period, residents of the city expressed concern about the pace of investigations.

Some groups organized demonstrations and also petitioned the president and the regional coordination council of Sekondi.

In addition to the main suspect, other arrests occurred during investigations. But these arrests did not lead to any substantial track.

Some eight people were arrested in the eastern part of the region following the kidnapping during a regional command rifle in the municipality of Lower Manya Krobo in the eastern region.