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According to Peace FM's Western Regional correspondent, Appiah Dankwa, the families of the Takoradi kidnapped girls are down with sadness by the death announcement made by the Ghana Police Service yesterday.

The Ghana Police Service has indicated that the DNA test carried out on the human parts found on a property previously occupied by the suspected kidnapper of the Takoradi girls has been confirmed to be that of the four girls who went missing in Takoradi.

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh at a press conference on Monday evening said the girls were victims of a serial kidnapping and murdering syndicate.

According to him, they have already communicated the findings to the families and have further expressed their condolences.

"A few minutes ago, officers of the Ghana Police service informed 4 families in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana that DNA test conducted on some human remains discovered into the course of police investigations into the disappearance 4 missing girls have turned positive, as the remains of the girls. The Ghana Police service has with regret informed the families that the remains of Ruth Abakah, Priscilla Kuranchie, Ruth Love Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum,” he stated.

“Investigations now establish that the girls were victims of a serial kidnapping and murdering syndicate that operated in the Takoradi area. While for various reasons we were unsuccessful in obtaining and action on accurate actionable intelligence in good time to enable us to rescue the girls, we believe that the arrest of the culprits has effectively thwarted the ability of this syndicate to have continued with further kidnappings and murders,” the acting IGP further added.

But according to the mother of Ruth-Love Quayson, one of the kidnapped girls, the report of the Ghana Police is unacceptable, taking into account that the police during the DNA test failed to answer the questions of the families as to age and gender of the bones.

The aggrieved mother also disclosed that they first heard the news of the death of their child on television contrary to the agreement they had with the police to first inform the families before going public with the result of the DNA test.

“We heard the news in the media around 6:00 pm and the police came to our house around 7:30 pm to tell us but we don’t believe in the announcement. When we did the DNA test, we asked them whether the bones are male or female and they couldn’t answer,  we asked again how old were the bones and they couldn’t answer as well . . . so, all they are saying is not true and we won’t accept the news,” she narrated on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show.

She further bemoaned the time Ghana Police chose to announce the unfortunate news.

“If the police are saying that they saw 3 skeleton heads and bones, we want to see them. The Police did not come here with any written document except word of mouth; telling us about the death of our children,” she revealed.

She maintained that it will be difficult to accept the news as “Maame Yaa Tiwa Addo-Danquah, the Police CID boss told us that the kidnappers demanded money and then in 4 months later, they claimed they had found bones in a manhole within few months. We should know that God is in heaven, watching all of us.”