Security forces are hunting gunmen who abducted two Canadian nationals in the Ashanti regional capital of Ghana.
The unidentified gang reportedly stopped and bundled the two at gunpoint at about 8:30 P.M. at Silver Spring avenue, around Vienna City, a popular pub in Kumasi.
One of the victims has only been identified as Lauren and is in Ghana with her other colleague on an exchange programme with the Entrepreneurship Department of the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU).
Media report suggests that the Canadian Embassy is collaborating with the Ghanaian police to locate the victims.
It is however not clear whether the abductors have made contact with the family of the victims or the Canadian Embassy to demand for ransom.
Police sources have confirmed the incident to Daily Mail GH.
Indian man abducted in Kumasi
Kumasi appears to be gaining notoriety in new wave of kidnappings with foreigners being targeted.
In April this year, a 30-year-old Indian man was kidnapped by some gun-wielding men who later demanded for a 500,000-dollar ransom after sending photos of the victim to his family with a gun pointed to his head.
He was later rescued at Parkoso in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality by a team of police officers with the help of Telcos.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
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NPP please appoint competent police officers to deal with the situation and stop the infantile argument of Ofosu Ampofo. You have loss control of everything in Ghana. you think just mere calling Ofosu Ampofo's name will stop your incompetence?
Ofosu Ampofo'plans at work.
Please, Ghana Police should stop the announcement and running after Ofosu Ampofo, his plans are in force.
The party's chairman plan is in full force. God is watching us all.
Aluta if your party ndc accepts that power is an opportunity but not right so it must be used to benefit the people who gave you that opportunity but not to Lord yourselves on the people. Tell the people what you did when in power and what you will do differently but not causing insecurity by kidnappings and killings it will not help ndc since the whole world have heard your national Chairman advising your thugs to be doing kidnappings and killings to create insecurity to cause disaffection and panic but it will not help the ndc. Ndc whether insecurity or not ndc will never come back to power! and who said ndc dont know where these Canadians are? If the Indian kidnapped in Kumasi who was rescued by the police and some arrests made exposed the ndc national chairman Ofosu Ampofo as behind the kidnapping and the burning of Kumasi markets who else should we point fingers at? The old men in the ndc who call themselves elders of the party such elders in a party eeeee! are all aware of the kidnappings hence their defence and press conferences against Ofosu Ampofo showing up at the police station to answer questions ! Ndc is satanic very wicked and evil.
IS THIS THE GHANA WE USE TO KNOW AS GHANA OR A NEW GHANA ALL TOGETHER? SECURITY IN GHANA HAS BECOME A NIGHTMARE. I AM COMPLETELY SCARED OF THE FUTURE.