{"id":2271,"date":"2019-01-26T21:53:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T21:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2019-01-26T21:53:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T21:53:31","slug":"update-bringbackourtaadigirls-15-suspects-picked-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/26\/update-bringbackourtaadigirls-15-suspects-picked-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: #BringBackOurTaadiGirls; 15 suspects picked up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police in the Eastern Region on Saturday dawn arrested 15 suspects in connection with the three young ladies reported kidnapped in Takoradi last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 15 suspects were arrested in Nuaso in Odumase in a swoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Odumasi Police Commander, ASP Harry Selormey, told Joy News the raid was done in collaboration with police from Takoradi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said a team of personnel from the Western Regional capital, where the young ladies had gone missing, initiated the operation with relevant intelligence on where the suspects could be picked up. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACP Serlomey said all the Odumase police did was to assist to make the operation successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n 15 suspects whose identities are yet to be known, have since been sent \nto the Police Headquarters in Accra as investigations continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prime suspect Samuel Wilis being held by police in Takoradi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A key suspect in the case of the missing young ladies, a Nigerian by name Samuel Wilis, has been held in Takoradi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police say Wilis spearheaded the kidnapping of the three young ladies.\u00a0They were kidnapped on August 17, 2018, but public outcry over the incident only intensified this month<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBefore\n his [the accused] arrest what actually happened was that there was a \ncatalogue of calls between the accused person and victim(s) which were \nanalysed and the police established a connection of the accused person \nto the three kidnap cases,\u201d police commander in Western Ghana, Redeemer \nVincent Dedjoe told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dedjoe stated that Wilis contacted his alleged victims several times in a mobile conversation, promising them employment until their disappearance.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilis is said to be uncooperative with security officials in disclosing the whereabouts of his alleged victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

credit: myjoyonline.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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