{"id":2237,"date":"2019-01-24T13:07:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T13:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:07:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T13:07:40","slug":"bringbackourtaadigirls-ghana-police-runs-to-interpol-to-help-arrest-kidnappers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/24\/bringbackourtaadigirls-ghana-police-runs-to-interpol-to-help-arrest-kidnappers\/","title":{"rendered":"#BringBackOurTaadiGirls : Ghana Police Runs To Interpol To Help Arrest Kidnappers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Western  Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr  Redeemer Dedjoe, has given an assurance that the police will do  everything possible to rescue the three females who have been kidnapped  in Takoradi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said search operations had been intensified and that various  means, including the use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interpol.int\/About-INTERPOL\/Name-and-logo\">International Police (INTERPOL)<\/a>, had  been activated to reunite the abductees with their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He, therefore, asked the grieving parents to exercise patience as the\n police continued with their search and investigations to bring the \nabductees back alive.<br>\nUpdating the media in Takoradi yesterday on investigations into the \ncase, the regional commander said the path to liberation could be a \ngradual process but what mattered most was to rescue the girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news briefing came on the back of intense pressure mounted on the\n police to bring the victims back alive and also get to the bottom of \nthe matter by arresting the perpetrators of the act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/06\/takoradi-residents-hit-streets-over-rise-in-kidnapping-of-teenage-girls\/\">residents of the Twin City have already taken to the streets<\/a> to  express their disappointment at the way the police were handling the  case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Victims<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three abducted persons are Priscilla Blessing Bentum, 21, a \nthird-year student of the University of Education, Winneba, who was \nabducted at Kansaworado on August 17, 2018; Ruth Love Quayson, 18, a \nsenior high school (SHS) graduate who was kidnapped at the Butumegyabu \nJunction, popularly known as BU Junction, on December 4, 2018, and \nPriscilla Mantebea Koranchie, 15, a student of the Sekondi College \n(SEKCO) who was kidnapped near the Nkroful Junction in Takoradi on \nDecember, 21, 2018 after she had been promised a mobile phone by his \nabductor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arrest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Nigerian, Samuel Udoetuk Wills, 28, suspected to be a member of a \nsyndicate involved in the act, was arrested in an uncompleted building \nat Kansaworodo, a suburb of Sekondi-Takoradi, but be escaped from his \ncell on December 30, 2018 under circumstances that further hurt the \nalready traumatised parents of the abductees and members of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect was re-arrested after the Western Regional Police \nCommand, in line with police procedures, had ordered the policemen who \nwere on duty on the day of the escape to produce the escapee within 10 \ndays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DCOP Dedjoe said the police had established that the suspect was an \nex-convict in his home country and, \u201ctherefore, we have triggered \nfurther search through Interpol to know who we are dealing with\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ransom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regional commander said the kidnappers, who made phone calls to \nthe parents of their victims, demanded ransoms for their release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said although the family of the first victim, Ms Bentum, had paid GH\u00a24,500, their daughter still remained in captivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the case of Ms Quayson, the regional commander said her parents \npaid a ransom of GH\u00a21,300 to the captors before they (parents) made a \nreport to the police, yet she had not been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the third victim, Priscilla, the kidnappers managed to get a \nransom of \u00a21,000 from her family but they did not release the girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Modus operandi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DCOP Dedjoe said in all the cases, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/23\/kidnapper-promised-victims-jobs-phone\/\">the kidnapper struck acquaintances with the victims for a long period.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe kidnapper contacted the victims numerous times through mobile \nphone communication. He promised the first and the second victims jobs, \nwhile he promised the third victim a mobile phone. As a result, the \nsuspect was able to get them without the conventional kidnapping \napproach of the kidnapper walking the victim at gunpoint into a moving \nvehicle,\u201d the regional police boss said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect, he said, had earlier made mention of four persons alleged to be involved in kidnapping the three females.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated that acting on the information, the police had made \nstrenuous efforts to arrest the other suspects from their hideout, which\n had proved unsuccessful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, we are still vigorously searching for the kidnapped girls and we will not give up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Caution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regional commander cautioned the public, especially young ladies,\n to beware of persons with whom they struck acquaintance, as kidnappers \nwere not using the conventional radical form of kidnapping by forcibly \ntaking their victims hostage for ransom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The kidnappers, he explained, struck acquaintance on mobile phone and\n social media platforms and win the confidence of the victims, sometimes\n with promises of jobs and goodies, hence making victims willingly walk \ninto their trap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged parents to monitor what their young children were doing and their movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the era of democratic policing, DCOP Dedjoe said, members of the public were very important in solving the puzzle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI, therefore, urge members of the public to come forward with \ncredible information leading to the rescue of the victims,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takoradi, he said, remained a very safe place for the public and \nappealed to the parents of the victims to stay calm as the police worked\n relentlessly around the clock to rescue the victims alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphic.com.gh\/news\/general-news\/police-seek-help-of-interpol-to-arrest-kidnappers.html\">graphic.com.gh<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Western Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Redeemer Dedjoe, has given an assurance that the police will do everything possible to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/24\/bringbackourtaadigirls-ghana-police-runs-to-interpol-to-help-arrest-kidnappers\/\" title=\"#BringBackOurTaadiGirls : Ghana Police Runs To Interpol To Help Arrest Kidnappers\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro-news","category-western-region"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - 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