John Orji
The second suspected kidnapper of the three Takoradi girls, who was
arrested in neighbouring Togo through a special operation by the Ghanaian
police, failed to show up in court yesterday.
The suspect, John Oji, 29, a Nigerian, was hauled before a Sekondi high
court on Wednesday, June 13, 2019, on the charges of conspiracy to kidnap and
kidnapping.
The Sekondi High Court, presided over by Justice Hannah Taylor,
remanded the alleged mastermind until yesterday but he was nowhere to be found
when the case was called.
Journalists present in court yesterday gathered that the suspect was
assisting the police in investigations and was not readily available to appear
before the judge while another source said the suspect is due in court on
Friday, June 28.
It would be recalled that DAILY GUIDE first broke the news on
Tuesday, June 11, 2019, that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of
the Ghana Police Service had made a major breakthrough in the effort to rescue the
three girls by arresting a prime suspect in Togo.
The news of the arrest of the prime suspect was a relief for many
residents in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.
At the last court sitting, Adelaide Kobire Woode, who led a team
from the Attorney General’s Department, told the court that John Oji’s name had
been mentioned in connection with the kidnapping of three girls in Takoradi.
She pleaded with the court to remand the suspect to enable the
police gather enough information for the trial and after the proceedings, the
suspect was quickly whisked away in a Ford pickup vehicle by a team of gun-wielding
police officers.
First Suspect
Samuel Udoetuk-Wills, who was first to be arrested in connection
with the missing girls, had reportedly mentioned John Oji as the one who aided
him to escape from police cells and that he (John) was the person who could
show where the girls are.
Udoetuk-Wills gave the account while he was in police custody at the
Takoradi Central Police Station.
Strangely, Samuel Wills escaped police custody the day John Oji came
to Ghana ostensibly to help retrieve the three kidnapped girls.
According to sources, Udoetuk-Wills told the police that John
conveyed the girls to Nigeria and that his arrest would lead to the rescue of
the girls.
The 28-year-old Nigerian, Udoetuk-Wills, who has been accused of
kidnapping the three girls in Sekondi/Takoradi was sentenced to 18 months’
imprisonment to run concurrently for escaping from lawful custody and causing
damage to public property.
The substantive case of kidnapping is pending.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi
The post No Show At 2nd T’di Kidnapper’s Trial appeared first on DailyGuide Network.
