Sister of one of the missing Takoradi girls says she believes her sister is still alive despite police DNA reports.
She made this statement during an exclusive interview on Mayhem podcast.
In the sixth episode of the Mayhem podcast, host John-Andrew Addo delved into the tragic tale of The Takoradi girls. He recounts the gripping narrative of the verdict and the aftermath of the DNA test. This episode features an exclusive interview with Nana Adjoa Quayson, the sister of Ruthlove Quayson, one of the kidnapped girls, offering a first-person account of the ordeal.
Nana Adjoa Quayson vividly recounts her sister Ruth Love’s last moments before her disappearance. Ruth Love left home that fateful day, purportedly to visit the MTN office for a job recruitment opportunity. However, distressing calls later revealed her dire situation – trapped in a room by unknown assailants demanding ransom.
According to her, she called with her phone around 1:30 crying and telling her mom to help her because she didn’t see anything again once she got into a taxi and that some people had taken her into a room demanding GH¢500 before they would leave her.
Nana Adjoa Quayson shared that after the girls got kidnapped and the police involved, the police advised that the families should entertain the kidnappers so that they could gain leverage.
This led them to send money to the kidnappers as they kept calling repeatedly for money to take care of her sister who was in their possession but had fallen ill.
This led to them tracing the kidnapper’s mobile money number and finding a certain “John Mensah” with the help of the BNI. However, John Mensah declared innocence.
This led to further investigations into the case. Later on, a Nigerian called “John Orji” was connected to the case due to several calls he had made to the family at the time. At some point, she recounts that she stopped hearing any new information about the case then she saw a post on social media concerning a suspect breaking out of prison, only to find out that was the same person arrested in connection to her sister’s kidnapping. Days later, he called the family issuing more threats and making claims that the police could not do anything to him. He was later rearrested.
In court, the suspect said the CID aided his escape. Till today, there is no information on how that particular case went or was addressed.
She mentioned where the CID boss Tiwaa Addo-Danquah attempted to reassure the families by asserting that the police knew the whereabouts of the kidnapped girls. Speaking at a press conference in Accra, she affirmed the commitment of law enforcement to locate and rescue the missing girls, saying “We know where the girls are” emphasizing the ongoing efforts to ensure their safe return to their families. This information gave her family hope and hearing her later retract her statement gave her mother high blood pressure.
She highlighted frustrating moments when the case kept being adjourned and it seemed nothing was happening. Until the family got a call that the police had found some remains in a septic tank.
Later they were told that they would need their DNA to confirm the remains they found were indeed the missing girls and according to her, she had doubts about the intentions of the police. She said “She did not believe them because we knew they won’t do any DNA test”
On a fateful day, the CID, the police, and a priest got to Quayson’s house at 8 pm to announce that the remains were a match for their sister, confirming her death.
Her family insisted on having their independent DNA test and the police insisted on knowing where and where she would conduct the test and this discouraged them.
When they were eventually called to identify the body, it was a confusing moment for them because the bones shown to them had braids on but when their loved one was kidnapped, she did not have braids on her hair amongst other inconsistencies.
Concerning the court judgment of the kidnappers, she believes the death sentence is not enough for them. She describes Ruthlove Quayson as a very quiet girl who loved going to church.
As we come to the end of this episode, the harrowing story of the Takoradi girls leaves us with lingering questions and a sense of unresolved grief. Through the eyes of Nana Adwoa Quayson, we catch a glimpse of the enduring pain and the relentless hope that her sister, Ruthlove Quayson, may still be alive.
Despite the passage of time, the wounds remain raw, and the family’s journey toward closure continues. Listen to this episode as we delve deeper into this heartbreaking tale and explore the untold story of those affected by this tragedy.
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