The families of the three kidnapped Takoradi ladies declared dead by the police were yesterday given a first-time opportunity to see the skeletal remains of their ‘loved ones’, but they insisted that the bones were too old to be those of their missing relatives.
The families of the kidnapped ladies were at the Police Headquarters in Accra to demand the skeletal remains of Ruth Abakah, Priscilla Bentum and Ruth Love Quayson to enable them to undertake independent DNA tests to ascertain the police position that the bones were, indeed, those of the girls.
They failed to secure the skeletons, but after a closed-door meeting with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong Boanuh, and his team, the delegation was led to the Police Hospital morgue where the remains were kept to enable them to have a close view of them.
When they emerged from the mortuary, the delegation said the skeletons could never be those of their relatives.
Broken bones
The Spokesperson for the families, Mr Michael Grant Hayford, told the Daily Graphic that what they saw at the mortuary were broken bones which were clearly very old and, therefore, could not be those of the girls.
The teeth, he said, were big and old which, he believed, were different from those of the kidnapped girls.
“What we saw today has strengthened our position that our relatives are not dead,” Mr Hayford said.
He, therefore, wanted the police to continue with investigations into the case.
He said the IGP made it clear to them that once the case was not closed, the police would not release the skeletons to them.
Furthermore, he said, the police chief said the best the police could do to the families was for them to bring experts to take samples of the remains for their independent test.
Mr Hayford said they rejected the police position because that was not on their cards.
Background
Following the retrieval of human parts from septic tanks at Kansaworodo in Sekondi-Takoradi, the families initially refused DNA test offers from the police to ascertain the identity of the skeletons.
However, they later gave in, and the tests were conducted.
At a news conference to announce the outcome of the DNA tests, the IGP said the tests had confirmed that the skeletons retrieved from the backyard of the prime suspect in the kidnapping cases were those of the missing ladies.
But the three families said they could not trust the outcome of the DNA tests, as announced by the Police Administration, and, therefore, demanded the reopening of investigations into the case,
However, the family of the fourth victim, Priscilla Koranchie, accepted the outcome of the police DNA examination and said it would wait for further details.
Source: Daily Graphic
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This three families are not serious. They don't want to spend money to do the dna test independently. Death is painful but they should not behave as if the police killed these girls. They really have a big problem and Ghanaians will soon be tired of them. They even refused to talk to the President, which was shameful as their irresponsibility, and lack of supervision of their children.
But if nana addo says the bones are that of the kidnapped girls who supposedly are dead, then what is his fear for releasing the bones to the family. That is why the contractor said nana addo is ras cal. Everything shows nana addo is ras cal. You say the bones belong to the family, give it to them too has become tug of war! Aabah! The deception of nana addo and barwumia is too much. They say we have paid contractors yet contractors are crying. They say they have paid allowances yet trainees are demonstrating. Even mahama's projects are being commissioned by nana addo, why won't we call you RAS CAL. Every under this man is going backwards. And on top of it he goes to summit and go and have a sound sleep when his colleagues are busily discussing the progress of African future. Can we cope with this curse for another four years? Absolutely NOT!
Journalists are to educate, entertain and inform some of these headlines are deceptive and uninformed. 1. The families say the bones are not their relations so what are they going to do with the remains if they police hand them to them? 2. The case is in court the kidnappers are on trial their accomplices may be lurking around if the police give the remains now and they are tampered with how will the police prosecute and get conviction? 3. The police say if the families want to do DNA test the police must be present to observe this is by law. If the families take them away and because they themselves do not believe the remains are switched by someone we same people will blame the police for not being vigilant. We need to be careful in as much as the loss of any family member is not a good thing.
OOOOOYIIIWAA!! THE GHANA POLICE NONO THEY ARE AT IT AGAIN TRY ING VERY HAARD TO THROW DUST INTO THE EYES OF GHANAIANS. THE POLICE IS LYING PERIOD. TWEEEEEAAAA WHAT A SHAME. DISAPPOINTED GHANA POLICE SERVICE ALWAYS DECEIVING THE PUBLIC. GHANA ARMY WOULD NOT DO THIS. THAT IS WHY GHANA ARMY IS RESPECTED WORLD-WIDE. I WOULD NOT TALK OR SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. CASE CLOSE.