DOSSIER: Takoradi kidnapped girls

Fear has gripped parents in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region following the kidnapping of two young girls within three days. One of them was returned near her home a day after as a dumb person.

• Use ‘Usain Bolt speed’ in rescuing Canadian girls to rescue Takoradi girls – Families (2019-07-15)
• Takoradi girls kinappers trial starts (2019-07-11)
• Get lawyers for suspects in Takoradi kidnapping case – Judge (2019-07-10)
• Find Tardi girls - Gifty Anti to Police (2019-07-03)
• I’m sorry - Kumasi kidnapper begs (2019-07-02)
• Publish suspects' details – Court on Canadians' abduction case (2019-07-01)
• Suspected kidnappers allege torture by BNI operatives (2019-07-01)
• We’re still waiting for the kidnapped Takoradi girls – GBA (2019-06-29)
• Suspected kidnappers denied bail (2019-06-28)
• 5 arrested for trying to kidnap 14-year-old (2019-06-26)
• Violent crimes: I have confidence in Ghana's security agencies - Ebo Whyte (2019-06-21)
• Kidnapped Tadi girls : We know where they’re – Bryan Acheampong (2019-06-19)
• I was kidnapped boarding a taxi at Tema Community 18 – Victim (2019-06-19)
• We will find Takoradi girls – Titus-Glover (2019-06-19)
• Ghana government condemns Ghanaian traders' attack on Nigerian-owned shops (2019-06-19)
• Xenophobic reports against Nigerians dangerous – High Commissioner (2019-06-18)
• Edwinology’s Lab: We are not a hospitable people, we are hospitalised citizens (2019-06-18)
• We will not stop politicizing kidnappings - Asiedu Nketia (2019-06-18)
• Takoradi is not voting if missing girls are not found – Ayesem to Nana Addo (2019-06-17)
• Takoradi kidnappings: Over 2,000 sign petition to demand Parliamentary action (2019-06-17)
• Are you out of your minds - Sefa Kayi slams NDC, NPP for politicizing kidnappings (2019-06-17)
• Government had no ransom talk with kidnappers - Kweku Baako (2019-06-17)
• 2000 petition Parliament over Takoradi girls (2019-06-17)
• Ibrahim Mahama drags Education Ministry PRO to Police over kidnapped Canadian girls link (2019-06-16)
• Akufo-Addo must address nation on security - MP demands (2019-06-16)
• Kidnapped Takoradi girls may be in Europe – Col. Festus Aboagye (2019-06-16)
• NDC will not stop politicizing kidnappings - Sammy Gyamfi (2019-06-15)
• Arrest of suspected kidnappers vindicates Ofosu Ampofo - NDC Communicator (2019-06-15)
• Canada thanks Ghana for rescuing its citizens (2019-06-15)
• Seidu links: Apologise or I sue - NAPO to Sammy Gyamfi, Kwame Zu (2019-06-15)
• Government accused of giving more priority to Canadian girls than Takoradi girls (2019-06-15)
• Ransom demands were made to families of victims, not Ghana’s security agencies – Kweku Baako (2019-06-15)
• Focus on NPP officials shielding kidnappers not Ampofo – NDC (2019-06-14)
• Akufo-Addo gov't concealing IDs of NPP goons who kidnapped Canadians – NDC (2019-06-14)
• NDC trying to equalize their kidnapping activities with press conferences - Abronye (2019-06-14)
• Canadian Kidnapping: NDC exposes 'Frankenstein monsters devouring citizens' as 'NPP thugs' (2019-06-14)
• Rescued Canadian women arrive back home (2019-06-14)
• Canadian women kidnappers: Only 4 suspects were actively involved (2019-06-14)
• Seidu's kidnapping team had bomb (2019-06-14)
• Kidnapping: Children are not safe in Ghana – Child Rights International (2019-06-14)
• National Security Minister explains why search for Takoradi girls has delayed (2019-06-13)
• Another suspect in alleged Takoradi kidnapping remanded in custody (2019-06-13)
• Stop comparing Takoradi girls case to abduction of two Canadians – Analyst (2019-06-13)
• Rescue of Canadians: 'Equal attention is given to all crimes irrespective of nationality' - Gov't (2019-06-13)
• Reliable public information will help us rescue kidnapped Takoradi girls – Police (2019-06-13)
• No Delta Force member involved in kidnapping of Canadian girls – National Director (2019-06-13)
• Canadians’ rescue: No ransom was paid to kidnappers – Information Minister (2019-06-13)
• Blow by blow account of how kidnappers of Canadian girls were arrested (2019-06-13)
• 'You are prioritizing foreigners over Ghanaians' - Families of kidnapped T'adi girls tells police (2019-06-12)
• Hanna Bisiw, women groups to petition UN, diplomats over kidnapped girls (2019-06-12)
• Direct your anger to Ofosu Ampofo – Owusu Bempah to kidnapped girls’ families (2019-06-12)
• Kidnapped Canadian women rescued! (2019-06-12)
• 14 arrested over kidnapping of Canadian girls (2019-06-12)
• Kidnapped Canadians’ hostel closed down (2019-06-12)
• Help rescue Takoradi girls – Dumelo to Canadian security experts (2019-06-12)
• Kidnapped Takoradi girls to be rescued soon - Deputy minister assures (2019-06-12)
• Notorious Kotoko fan Seidu Mba arrested over kidnapping of Canadian girls (2019-06-12)
• Calls grow for police to dedicate resources to find missing girls (2019-06-12)
• Kidnapped T'di girls: 2nd Nigerian suspect remanded (2019-06-12)
• Demonstrations will not bring back kidnapped Takoradi girls – Deputy Defense Minister (2019-06-11)
• Takoradi girls kidnapper arrested in Togo (2019-06-11)
• Group gives government 14 days to rescue 3 missing Takoradi girls (2019-06-11)
• Kidnappings possible ploy to make government unpopular – Antwi Danso (2019-06-10)
• Kidnapped T’di girls: I’m not God to promise they’ll be found – Dep Minister of Defence (2019-06-10)
• Parliament considers inviting Interior Minister over security concerns (2019-06-10)
• Fire CID Boss; Arrest Owusu Bempah – Kidnapped girls’ families to Akufo-Addo (2019-06-10)
• Produce Taadi kidnapped girls in 14 days or we will picket at Jubilee House - Groups (2019-06-09)
• Sack CID Boss – Families of kidnapped girls to Akufo-Addo (2019-06-09)
• Recent kidnappings: IGP must speed up investigations – Annor Dompreh (2019-06-09)
• Speaker upholds Ablakwa’s request to drag Interior Minister to parliament over kidnappings (2019-06-08)
• It’s sad our effort to locate kidnapped girls is not appreciated – W/R Police Cdr. (2019-06-06)
• 2 Canadians kidnapped in Kumasi (2019-06-06)
• Remove CID Boss from office – Concerned Mothers to Akufo-Addo (2019-06-03)
• Sister of kidnapped girl chastises police CID (2019-06-03)
• Kidnapped girls may not return - Prophet Nigel (2019-05-26)
• Missing Takoradi Girls: Sack Apeatu - Yammin to Akufo-Addo (2019-05-24)
• Achimota primary school denies student kidnapping claim (2019-05-23)
• NPP planning to sacrifice 3 kidnapped T’di girls for rituals in 2020 polls – NDC alleges (2019-05-23)
• Families of kidnapped Takoradi girls demand CID boss’ removal (2019-05-22)
• Missing Takoradi Girls: Ghanaians must direct their anger at incompetent IGP - Yammin (2019-05-21)
• You’re not alone – Ghana Gas tells families of Takoradi Kidnapped Girls (2019-05-21)
• Takoradi kidnappings: Assign psychologists to affected families – CRI (2019-05-20)
• Families of kidnapped Takoradi girls abandoned by Social Welfare – Group (2019-05-20)
• Dear Kweku Baako, CID boss did not goof (2019-05-19)
• Parliament to haul Gender, Interior Ministers over 3 missing girls (2019-05-18)
• Baako wants CID boss changed (2019-05-18)
• Kweku Baako hurt, sad and disappointed over CID boss (2019-05-18)
• CID boss’ conduct ‘indefensible’ - Kasser-Tee fires (2019-05-18)
• Why ask citizens to find missing girls when CID boss is your 'informant' - IMANI boss mocks Info Minister (2019-05-18)
• Takoradi Kidnap: Don’t take threats from family lightly – Expert to Police (2019-05-17)
• Apologize for false hope – Concerned Mothers to CID boss (2019-05-17)
• International collaboration underway to find Kidnapped girls – Information Minister (2019-05-17)
• Takoradi Kidnapping : Public should assist with information rather than criticize - Oppong Nkrumah (2019-05-17)
• ‘Everybody is praying for the kidnapped girls except Owusu Bempah’ (2019-05-17)
• Concerned mothers chide CID boss over comments on kidnapped girls (2019-05-16)
• Opuni Frimpong fires CID Boss; demands apology over 'deceptive' comment (2019-05-16)
• Shut up, apologize and resign - Group to CID Boss (2019-05-16)
• Come clean about kidnapped girls – Pokua Sawyerr to Gov’t, Police (2019-05-16)
• Intelligence failure caused CID boss' gaffe - Ex police chief (2019-05-16)
• #CIDbossmustRESIGN: Online petition begins (2019-05-15)
• Kidnapped girls will continue to go missing 'forever' - Owusu Bempah loses temper over threat (2019-05-15)
• Kidnapped Girls Saga: I will 'slap the hell' out of Owusu Bempah - Family Spokesperson (2019-05-15)
• ‘Hopeless’ CID boss a threat to Ghana's security - Kofi Asante fumes (2019-05-15)
• Police owe Ghanaians explanation over Tiwaa comment - Oye Lithur (2019-05-15)
• Sack the CID Boss for her glaring incompetence and ineptitude – NGO to Akufo-Addo (2019-05-15)
• Corrected: I said the police knew where the Takoradi girls are, and it gives us hope of saving them - CID boss (2019-05-14)
• Families of missing girls descend on CID boss (2019-05-14)
• Missing Takoradi girls: Graphic apologises to CID boss (2019-05-14)
• Sacked BNI boss went abroad to negotiate for kidnapped girls' return - Security expert reveals (2019-05-14)
• ‘You didn’t speak Greek when you said the girls had been found’ – Hanna Bisiw flays CID boss (2019-05-14)
• Comments that Ghana is not ready for female IGP are laughable - CID Boss (2019-05-14)
• Takoradi kidnapping: Giving hope to us is not necessary - Families to CID boss (2019-05-14)
• CID boss bringing police into disrepute – Security Analyst (2019-05-13)
• Kidnapped Girls: I was misunderstood – CID boss (2019-05-13)
• 'I said the Takoradi girls have been found to give hope to family' - CID boss (2019-05-13)
• Produce kidnapped girls in 14 days or resign – NDC to CID boss (2019-05-13)
• My comment on missing girls misconstrued – CID boss (2019-05-13)
• My comments on location of kidnapped girls were misunderstood – CID Boss (2019-05-12)
• Produce 3 kidnapped girls in the next 14 days or resign - Hannah Bissiw to CID Boss (2019-05-12)
• We are working hard to bring back Takoradi kidnapped girls - COP Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (2019-05-12)
• Ofosu Ampofo should have 'kidnapped' Mahama’s daughter first - Wontumi (2019-05-10)
• Finding Takoradi girls'll restore confidence in police – Former CID boss (2019-05-10)
• 'Very useless' – Mahama on CID's 'vexatious' 'kidnapping, fire' claims (2019-05-09)
• Rev. Owusu Bempah denies kidnapping comment (2019-05-09)
• Maurice Ampaw chides Owusu Bempah over failure to prophesy location of missing girls (2019-05-08)
• Owusu Bempah hot over kidnapping comment (2019-05-08)
• Ex-CID boss criticises Maame Tiwaa's 'we-know-where-the-girls-are' comment (2019-05-07)
• Kidnapped Girls Saga: I know their whereabouts - Owusu Bempah (2019-05-07)
• Only Akufo-Addo can force me to disclose whereabouts of kidnapped girls – Owusu Bempah (2019-05-07)
• Takoradi Kidnappings: BNI misled CID boss – Security Analyst (2019-05-07)
• Maurice Ampaw chides Owusu Bempah over failure to prophesy location of missing girls (2019-05-07)
• Minority to drag IGP to Parliament over kidnapped girls (2019-05-06)
• Suspects, mainly Nigerians, in police custody over missing boy (2019-05-05)
• IGP to be hauled before parliament over missing Takoradi girls (2019-05-05)
• Takoradi kidnapped girls: Minority readies to haul IGP before Parliament (2019-05-04)
• Kidnapped Takoradi girls: IGP to be summoned before Parliament (2019-05-04)
• Families of kidnapped girls call off demo against CID (2019-05-03)
• Ola Girls SHS student missing amidst kidnapping fears (2019-05-02)
• Takoradi: Families of kidnapped girls call off planned demo (2019-05-02)
• Families of kidnapped Takoradi girls call off planned demo (2019-05-02)
• Tadi Kidnapping: Do more to rescue our girls – Concerned Mothers protest (2019-05-02)
• Takoradi Girls Saga: Somebody fed Daily Guide with false information - Pratt (2019-05-01)
• Government urged to support kidnapped girls’ families (2019-05-01)
• Police finally introduces liaison officers to kidnapped girls families (2019-05-01)
• BNI boss fired over kidnapped Takoradi girls (2019-04-30)
• Ashanti Police intensifies security to stem kidnapping (2019-04-30)
• Decisions being taken to deal with 'phenomenon of kidnappings' – Akufo-Addo assures (2019-04-30)
• CID Boss lied; they don’t know the whereabouts of kidnapped girls - Kwesi Pratt (2019-04-30)
• Kidnapped girls: Somebody gave Daily Guide false info - Kwesi Pratt (2019-04-30)
• Lawyer for families of Tadi kidnapped girls demands speedy prosecution of Samuel Wills (2019-04-30)
• Online petition to find missing Takoradi girls gathers momentum; nears 1,000 signatories (2019-04-29)
• Kidnapped girls: It's an 'organized chaos' between Police and BNI - Kweku Baako (2019-04-29)
• Takoradi: Suspected kidnapper in court amid tight security (2019-04-29)
• Nigerian kidnapper jailed 3 years for escaping lawful custody (2019-04-29)
• Takoradi kidnapping suspect jailed 18 months for jailbreak (2019-04-29)
• Families of kidnapped girls demand swift probe of case (2019-04-29)
• Serwaa Amihere writes: Three missing girls, a police chief and a big circus (2019-04-29)
• TV3 panelist offers $2,000 to informant on kidnapped Ta’di girls (2019-04-28)
• Attorney General wades into kidnapped girls case (2019-04-27)
• Heads should be rolling by now – Investigator on Ta’di kidnapped girls (2019-04-27)
• Police announcement of tracing kidnapped girls regrettable – AG (2019-04-26)
• Disclosing information on missing Taadi girls dangerous - Attorney General (2019-04-26)
• You'll be liable if you fail to check tenants' background - Police to landlords (2019-04-26)
• Kidnapped T’di Girls: Online petition started to get police to act - Child Rights International (2019-04-26)
• Takoradi baby thief jailed five years with hard labour (2019-04-26)
• Gender Minister only shed crocodile tears over kidnapped girls – Former MP (2019-04-25)
• Confusion over missing Takoradi girls (2019-04-25)
• Three kidnapped girls not found – Police (2019-04-25)
• Kidnapped girls not yet rescued – Police dismiss reports (2019-04-25)
• Stop the pranks; We’ve lost confidence in police – Kidnapped girls family (2019-04-25)
• Appoint a liaison to update families of kidnapped girls – Ex-CID boss to Police (2019-04-24)
• Police CID denies rescue reports of kidnapped girls (2019-04-24)
• Police say I should stop disturbing them – Mother of kidnapped girl (2019-04-24)
• Child Rights International threatens court action to get Police to open up on kidnapped girls (2019-04-24)
• Families of kidnapped girls should exercise patience – Gov’t appointee (2019-04-23)
• Families of three kidnapped girls threaten to storm CID headquarters (2019-04-23)
• Families of kidnapped girls should exercise patience – Government appointee (2019-04-23)
• CID Boss allegedly tells families of kidnapped girls to 'stop talking' (2019-04-23)
• Kidnappings: Monitor activities of foreigners to address problem – Adams Bonaa (2019-04-22)
• Takoradi kidnappings: Families mount pressure on police to produce girls (2019-04-17)
• Tadi kidnapped girls ought to be home if CID claims are true – Sekondi MP (2019-04-15)
• CID lacks professionalism; handling case of kidnapped girls like a movie – Franklin Cudjoe (2019-04-07)
• Police will bring back kidnapped girls – Minister assures parents (2019-04-05)
• CID boss puts kidnapped Takoradi girls in danger (2019-04-04)
• CID toying with our emotions – Kidnapped girl’s family (2019-04-03)
• Police rescue woman kidnapped at Amasaman (2019-04-03)
• Families of kidnapped girls demand their whereabouts from police (2019-04-02)
• My client has no knowledge of Takoradi stolen baby - Lawyer Emmanuel Kofi Arthur (2019-03-27)
• Kidnapped girls: Interior Ministry falls on FBI, Scotland Yard (2019-03-27)
• Police arrests two for kidnapping, rescues 14-year-old victim (2019-03-27)
• Takoradi: Missing one-year-old boy found (2019-03-26)
• Baby kidnapped in Takoradi (2019-03-25)
• CCTV captures woman stealing baby at Takoradi (2019-03-25)
• Kofi Kinaata intensifies social media campaign to find kidnapped Takoradi girls (2019-03-22)
• Missing girls not forgotten; police working to find them – Dery (2019-03-21)
• We’re hopeful none of kidnapped Tadi girls has been killed – Ambrose Dery (2019-03-21)
• Police schools students on kidnapping (2019-03-19)
• Police in 3 hour standoff with blood-thirsty mob over fresh suspected kidnapping (2019-03-01)
• I’m not a CID officer to search for Kidnapped Takoradi girls – Rev. Owusu Bempah (2019-02-28)
• Takoradi ‘kidnapper’ leads investigators on wild goose chase (2019-02-18)
• Takoradi kidnapped girls are dead - Prophet Cosmos claims (2019-02-17)
• Takoradi kidnapped girls will never be found – Eagle Prophet (2019-02-16)
• We won’t find Takoradi kidnapped girls – Eagle Prophet (2019-02-16)
• Kidnapped girls will never be found – Eagle Prophet (2019-02-16)
• Lawlessness taking root in country — Pentecostal council (2019-02-15)
• Families of kidnapped girls threaten demo over lack of results (2019-02-14)
• Kidnappings: We need time; stop giving us timelines – IGP (2019-02-14)
• Committee tasked to ‘fish out’ CID officer who aided Takoradi kidnapper’s escape (2019-02-13)
• Kidnappings: Police joking; where's my sister? – Family (2019-02-12)
• Kidnappings rock Takoradi (2019-01-21)
• Help trace our missing girls – Families appeal to public (2019-01-21)
• Family of kidnapped girl to petition AG over slow police response (2019-01-21)
• Nigerian kidnapper charged for escaping from cell as victims remain missing (2019-01-17)
• Takoradi kidnapping: Family traumatized over 18-year old girl’s disappearance (2019-01-15)
• Dress, scarf of missing girl found at suspected kidnapper's hideout (2019-01-10)
• Court cages Takoradi serial kidnaper to help Police rescue 3 girls (2019-01-09)
• Takoradi residents hit streets over rise in kidnapping of teenage girls (2019-01-05)
• 7 cops hot over kidnapper’s escape (2019-01-05)
• Foul: 7 cops struggle to explain kidnapper’s ‘aided’ escape (2019-01-04)
• Suspected serial kidnapper escapes from Police cell in Takoradi (2018-12-31)
• Fear grips Takoradi residents over kidnapping (2018-08-24)
• Two ladies kidnapped; one returned dumb, ¢4K ransom demanded on the other (2018-08-22)