Takoradi's abduction: the discussions on the accused on Facebook reveal a coded language on kidnapping

General News on Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-07-31

The Attorney General in the case of three girls kidnapped by Takoradi, Patience Klinogo, told the court that the two Nigerians on trial for the crime, Sam Udoetuk Wills and John Oji, had used a coded language on the subject. kidnapping and other crimes in their social media network platform conversations, Facebook.

During the court proceedings on Wednesday, she revealed that the accused used a language relating to kidnapping and blood sacrifice.

The two men were charged with six counts of "conspiracy to commit a crime of kidnapping and abduction.

The Attorney General told the court that their interaction was detected on the mobile phone of the second defendant, John Oji, after his arrest by the police on 4 June 2019 in Aflao, near the border between Ghana and Togo.

"The Facebook discussions of her mobile phone between A1 and A2 revealed coded language on kidnapping and blood sacrifice, as well as discussions about drugs that can be given to the victims of stupor," she said.

Continuing with her statement in the Sekondi High Court, she also revealed various mobile phone numbers that were attributed to the two accused after their use to receive money from relatives of the victim.

"On June 6, 2019, John Oji, in his statement of caution regarding the investigation, stated that he had come from Nigeria to Takoradi during the first week of December 2018 to see Sam Udoetuk Wills, the first accused, on the invitation of him. Oji admitted that he knew the two cell phone numbers used to receive parents' ransom by Wills. That he had the habit of communicating and WhatsApp Wills on the same. "

The two accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them by the Attorney General in the amended indictment.

The presiding Judge, Hanna Taylor, however, adjourned the proceedings until 16 October 20199 to allow the Public Prosecutor to serve on the accused the indictment and the statement of facts, and to introduce any other witnesses or exhibits at the next meeting.

One of the injured parents who was not amused by the proceedings and was slow to see his kidnapped daughter reunited with her, attacked one of the defendants just outside the community. audience room.

It took police intervention to save the accused from heckling.