{"id":656914,"date":"2019-07-15T13:38:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T13:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>Families of the three kidnapped Takoradi girls are threatening to embark on another demonstration on August 10, 2019, to register their displeasure about the slow process towards finding their relatives.<\/p>\n<p>According to them the efforts o"},"modified":"2019-07-15T13:38:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T13:38:35","slug":"family-of-takoradi-kidnapped-girls-threaten-another-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/15\/family-of-takoradi-kidnapped-girls-threaten-another-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of Takoradi kidnapped girls threaten another demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Families of the three kidnapped Takoradi girls are threatening to embark on another demonstration on August 10, 2019, to register their displeasure about the slow process towards finding their relatives.<\/p>\n<p>According to them the efforts of security agencies in resolving the case is poor as compared to efforts used in rescuing the two kidnapped Canadian girls.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference in Accra today, Monday, a spokesperson for the families, Michael Hayford Grant expressed optimism in the possibility of finding the girls who were kidnapped a year ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe will be embarking on a demonstration to inform the government of the day that we are the ordinary Ghanaians who voted for them so they have to come to our aid.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The girls; Ruth Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Priscilla Koranchie, are believed to have been kidnapped between August 2018 and January 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Some groups have held protests and also petitioned the President and the Sekondi Regional Coordinating Council over the case.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference held in April 2019, the Police CID boss said the police\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">knew where the kidnapped girls were<\/span><span style=\"color: #666699;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Police promises safe return of kidnapped girls; residents want River Ankobra protected\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FMsrYuLzm7A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But on May 11, Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah made a U-turn on her claims.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSometimes in communicating something, the way you want to get it across, people may not understand it the way you want to say it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The CID boss is also reported in a section of the media to have said that she made the remark to give hope to the families of the kidnapped girls.<\/p>\n<p>The main suspect, one Samuel Wills, is currently serving a 36-month sentence for breaking jail.<\/p>\n<p>A second suspect,\u00a0John Oji, has been remanded.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Families of the three kidnapped Takoradi girls are threatening to embark on another demonstration on August 10, 2019, to register their displeasure about the slow process towards finding their relatives. 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