{"id":2524,"date":"2019-02-11T12:44:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2524"},"modified":"2019-02-11T12:44:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:44:52","slug":"read-how-taadi-kidnapper-broke-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/11\/read-how-taadi-kidnapper-broke-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Read how Taadi Kidnapper broke jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\n suspect in the kidnapping of three girls in Takoradi revealed in court \nMonday that a police investigator helped him break jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samuel Oudotek Wills told the court he does not know the name of the said officer but he can identify him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides  that officer, the suspect said\u00a0one Kwesi helped him with oil which  facilitated his cutting of the metal bars used to barricade the windows  of the cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr.\n Wills, however, noted that he is not aware of the current location of \nthe said Kwesi and pleaded for some&nbsp;time from the court to locate him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is currently being tried for escaping from lawful custody. The case has been&nbsp;adjourned to February 18, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wills\u00a0is  in the capital, Accra currently helping the police with investigations  into\u00a0the whereabouts of the three kidnapped girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\n escaped from custody after he was picked up in connection to the \nkidnappings. Police say he has admitted to the kidnappings but is \nnon-cooperative as to their whereabouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe keeps sending us to wrong locations,\u201d the Western regional police commander told Joy News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What has the family of the girls been saying?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The families&nbsp;of the girls have, however, expressed their displeasure with current proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.myjoyonline.com\/photos\/news\/201901\/3745823139117_3782760407361.jpg\" alt=\"Kidnapped girls\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They said the return of the girls is of paramount interest to them; they have no interest in the criminal prosecutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The  Gender and Social Protection Minister, Cynthia Morrison\u00a0recently  visited the families, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/28\/bringbackourtaadigirls-missing-girls-are-alive-gender-minister\/\">assuring them that the girls are alive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026so if they are alive, where are they,\u201d a relative quizzed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n sister of Ruth Quayson, one of the kidnapped girls told Joy News\u2019 \nIna-Thalia Quansah that they are giving the authorities a week\u2019s \nultimatum or there would be a mammoth demonstration in the Western \nregional capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Priscilla Bentum was abducted in August 2018 while Ruth Quayson and Mantebea Koranchie\u00a0were taken in December the same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/news\/2019\/February-11th\/cid-officer-helped-me-break-jail-kidnapper-of-takoradi-girls-reveals.php\">myjoyonline.com.gh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The suspect in the kidnapping of three girls in Takoradi revealed in court Monday that a police investigator helped him break jail. 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