Pathologist Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa has called for a more experienced forensic examination on the retrieved human remains linked to the kidnapped Takoradi girls.
According to him, the forensic evidence being produced by the police cast doubt about if truly due diligence was done before announcing that the remains are that of the kidnapped Takoradi girls.
Speaking to Citi FM in reaction to the announcement made by the Acting IGP that the DNA results indicate that the retrieved remains are the girls, Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa said there are disjointed things in the discussion about the girls.
"I'm not persuaded by the forensic evidence, I believe sincerely that this forensic evidence must be subjected to a more experienced opinion, I do not know the forensic scientist who did the test but there are so many disjointed things in this discussion that I want a second opinion on the forensic evidence, that is the only thing that will tie the end, number one it is coming from the police forensic scientist in situation like this it is the question of whether it is only one person's opinion or that person has shared the result with others and have come out with the evidence being put across and as far as I'm concerned..... I'm saying that this forensic evidence must be subjected to a more experience forensic scientist.."
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Explaining further why he thinks there is need for a second test, Professor Akosa said, "Clearly these were people who abducted on a different basis as far as I'm concerned, this was the same team doing the work it tells us there is virtually no proper police investigation in this country, people could be abducted at different sites brought to one place, there have been issues of them going to Nigeria and at the end if you find body parts in one location to begin to think that all these people brought together without any evidence at all in this country?.."
The Ghana Police service on Monday revealed that the DNA test carried out on the human parts found in the vicinity of the suspected kidnapper’s home tested positive to the DNA of the four missing girls.
The confirmation was made by the acting Inspector General of Police, James Oppong Boanuh.
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The acting IGP of police also disclosed that the families of the four girls have been informed by the Police.
“Officers of the Ghana Police service informed four families in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana that DNA test conducted on some human remains discovered into the course of police investigations into the disappearance the four missing girls have turned positive, as the remains of the girls. The Ghana Police service has with regret informed the families that the DNA test confirmed the remains to be that of Ruth Abakah, Priscilla Kuranchie, Ruth Love Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum.â€
“Investigations now establish that the girls were victims of a serial kidnapping and murdering syndicate that operated in the Takoradi area.†The acting IGP said.
Background
Last month, the Police investigating the three Takoradi kidnapped girls case claimed to have retrieved human parts from a sewage system behind the house of the accused suspect, Sam Udoetuk Wills who lived at Kansaworodo in Takoradi.
Sam Udoetuk Wills was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for escaping from cells in December 2018 following his arrest.
Over the period, residents in the Takoradi Sekondi-metropolis have voiced concern over the pace of the investigations.
Some groups held protests and also petitioned the President and the Sekondi Regional Coordinating Council over the case.
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The girls; Ruth Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum, and Priscilla Koranchie, are said to have been kidnapped between August 2018 and January 2019.
Aside from the main suspect, some other arrests have been made in the course of the investigations.
But these arrests did not result in any substantive leads.
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