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General News of Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-04-23
The CID had previously suggested knowing where these girls were
Child's Rights International, a non-governmental organization, has announced the launch of a process to force the Ghanaian police to allow the families of the three girls kidnapped by Takoradi to come into contact with them.
Its executive director, Bright Appiah, and his team visited families to get their approval.
It has been more than two weeks since COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, CID police chief, told a press conference in Accra that the three girls were safe and would soon be reunited with their families.
It has not yet responded to this expectation and no communication has been provided to explain why. For families, it's a torture.
When Bright Appiah visited the families of Diabene and Kansaworado in Takoradi, they condemned the way the police treat them.
Family spokeswoman Michael Grant Hayford lamented: "She came to say that they know where the girls are and it takes about a month now, nothing tells us that information is coming to us, oh girls are here, we should come to see them, there is nothing like that ".
Addressing Priscilla Bentum's mother who was crying, an elderly uncle of the missing girl, Stephen Agyekum, said, "Look at this woman, if she dies, it will be because of the words of the police."
"Whenever she calms down, the police offer her something that will make her mourn more, it's not fair," he added.
Bright Appiah, of Child's Rights International, badured families that her organization intended to take certain steps that could lead to the courts being sentenced to compel the police to give them access to girls.
He said, "Now that we have family support, we will do a series of activities to get justice for them. We will petition Parliament and, based on their comments, we will seek the intervention of the courts. "
"In the end, we want to see the children," he added.
Priscilla Kurankye's father could not hide his relief. "I had always been waiting for such an intervention. We can not go to the police to look for information … so I give [Child’s Rights International] my total support, "he said.
The three girls between the ages of 15 and 21 were abducted between August and December 2018. A Nigerian, Samuel Udoetuk Wills, is currently in custody and participating in the investigations.
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