Driver's mate in court for abduction

The Wa Circuit Court has began hearing a case in which a 19 year-old driver's mate, Abdulai Seidu, allegedly abducted a teenage girl and kept her for two months as a wife.

The accused who pleaded not guilty to abduction was granted a five million cedi bail when he appeared before the court on Wednesday.

The prosecutor, Inspector Stephen Dobara told the court presided over by Mr Gibon Adzagli that last June, Madam Salamatu Amidu, a resident of Kpaguri in Wa reported the disappearance of her 16-year-old daughter to the police.

Several announcements were made over the two local FM Radio stations to trace her but to no avail, until the girl's mother spotted her in town in the company of the accused on August 11.

She raised the alarm and the accused was arrested by some people at the scene and handed him over to the Women and Juvenal Unit of the police.