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2 Nigerians sentenced to death in Ghana for kidnapping four girls

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– – Two Nigerians have been sentenced to death for their roles in the kidnapping and disappearance of missing girls in Ghana. A court in Ghana on Friday sentenced the two suspects, Samuel Udeotuk Wills and John Oji for the alleged crime. They were charged for kidnapping and murdering Ruth Abakah, 19; Priscilla Blessing Bentum, 21; Ruth Love Quayson,18 and Priscilla Koranchie, 15. Picture of three of the four girls that were kidnapped. Their bodies have now been found. The trial ending up in a conviction and sentencing of the…

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Ghana: Four kidnapped girls confirmed dead by police

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Police in Ghana have confirmed the death of four girls that went missing in 2018 in Western Ghana. The girls were reported to have been kidnapped but bodies believed to belong to them were discovered in August of this year. Police confirmed retrieving some bodies from a septic tank behind a house, one of the suspects used to live in. The key suspect in the case led the special operation team of the police to the scene where the bodies were kept. Although it was widely reported that the bodies…

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Ghana: Police to verify suspected bodies of kidnapped girls

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Police in Ghana on Friday night announced that they will be conducting a forensic test on the bodies suspected to be that of three kidnapped girls. Bodies suspected to be that of three girls who went missing in Western Ghana were found on Friday. The girls were reportedly kidnapped in the town of Takoradi last year. In a statement the police confirmed retrieving some bodies from a septic tank behind a house, one of the suspect used to live in. A key suspect in the case reportedly led the special operation…

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Ghana: Bodies of 3 kidnapped girls found after search

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The bodies of the three girls who went missing in Western Ghana have been found. The girls were reportedly kidnapped in the town of Takoradi last year. Their bodies were retrieved from a manhole with signs suggesting massive sexual abuse. Police sources say a key suspect led the special operation team to the scene during the exercise. The three girls Ruthlove Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Priscilla Koranchie were kidnapped between August and December 2018. Two Nigerian suspects are standing trial over the kidnapping of the girls. Ghanaian officials had said investigators from…

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