Police working to find missing girls – Interior Minister

• Posted on March 21, 2019
• by Ellsamwise King
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Minister of the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has assured the families of the kidnapped Takoradi girls that the police are working assiduously to rescue them.

He said the matter is still of critical importance to the security agencies who are doing their best to ensure that the girls are found and reunited with their families.

Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the review of the Ministry’s 2018 activities, Mr Dery said the complex nature of laws governing citizens’ privacy is hindering police investigations.

The families of the three kidnapped girls in Takoradi in the Western Region say they are considering legal action against the Ghana Police Service over delays in finding the victims.

It has been almost a year since the girls went missing.

The girls who were kidnapped have been identified as Ruth Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Priscilla Koranchie.

Their families have engaged in a series of protests to demand urgency from the police.

The most recent protest was by a group calling itself the Concerned Mothers’ Association of Takoradi.

But on various occasions the police have insisted that they are working hard to rescue the girls.

Ghana and security agencies in the United Kingdom and the USA are collaborating to find the kidnapped girls.

Three of the victims were reportedly kidnapped by the main suspect, Samuel Udoetuk Wills, who was arrested earlier this year.

Samuel Udoetuk Wills is currently in police custody and being tried for breaking jail.

He has failed to provide the location of the kidnapped girls.

But Mr. Dery, who has been following the case, is optimistic that the police will find the girls alive.