Two Kidnapped Girls Rescued In Oti Region; Reunites With Family

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah

Police at Tepa-Abotoase in the Oti Region are investigating circumstances that led to the kidnapping of two girls who were later found tied in an uncompleted building near the local Zongo community.

The Worawora District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Simmons Amenu who confirmed the story to the Chronicle said that the rescued girls have been reunited with their family.

According to DSP, Mr Amenu, information gathered by police was that on Monday 22nd July 2019, the father of the two girls, Helen, 8 and Felicia, 6, farms over bank sent a consignment of sheanuts to their grandmother who they live with at Tepa-Abotoase.

The children, police gathered, after picking the commodity from the landing bank went to sell it for Ghc 35.00 to a woman living close to the mosque.

Back home, the grandmother unsatisfied with the price asked the girls to refund the amount to the buyer and in return collect the sheanuts.

At about 0630hrs on Tuesday, 23rd of July 2019, Helen and Felicia went to return the money to the buyer and took away one parcel of the nuts.

As they went for the last one, and whilst fetching into buckets, two unidentified men reportedly grabbed them from behind, covered their heads and faces simultaneously with clothes and took them to the uncompleted building about 500 meters away.

Rags were forced in their mouths, blindfolded and tied with clothes belonging to them and left.

At about 0800hrs, some female pupils were on their way to school when one of them in attempt to pass urine spotted the two helpless girls in the structure.

The school pupils run back to the community and raised alarm leading to police and a naval detachment at Tepa-Abotoase, rushing to rescue the weak looking girls

It was said that since police had no vehicle at the station, the navy led by Chief Petty Officer Class One (CPO1), Abotsie Michael, offered its vehicle which was used to transport Helen and Felicia to the health centre for medical attention after which their family was traced and sent home.

DSP, Mr Amenu went on that police is following a few leads which may lead to the arrest of the culprits.

Source: BestNewsGH