It has emerged in court that the kidnappers of the two Canadian women who were rescued on Wednesday demanded an $800,000 ransom for their release.
Six out of the eight persons arrested in connection with the kidnapping were remanded in police custody by the Accra High Court when they made their first appearance since their arrest. The court, presided over by Justice George Buadi, remanded them for two weeks following a plea by the prosecution that investigations into the case were still ongoing.
The hearing continues on July 1, 2019.
The accused persons are Sampson Aghalor aka Romeo, Elvis Ojiyorwe, Jeff Omarsar, all Nigerians, Yusif Yakubu, Abdul Nasir and Seidu Abubakari aka Nba - Ghanaians.
All of them were charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, while Aghalor, Ojiyorwe, Omarsar and Yakubu, were separately charged with kidnapping. Presenting the facts of the case, a Senior State Attorney, Ms Hilda Craig, said Aghalor struck up an acquaintance with Yakubu in March 2019.
Aghalor discussed kidnapping as a trade with his new friend. Aghalor then went to Nigeria and recruited Ojiyorwe and Omarsar to be part of the gang.
On June 4, 2019, the gang went on a kidnapping operation in Kumasi and managed to kidnap the two Canadians after accosting at their hostel in Nhyeasio a suburb of Kumasi.
The gang sent the two girls to an uncompleted building at Kenyasi Krobo.
The prosecutor added that Aghalor, who was the leader of the gang, called the families of the two girls and demanded $800,000 as ransom.
In order to prove that they were serious, the gang smeared blood on the girls and the floor.
On June 11, a National Security team, led by Colonel Micheal Opoku, arrested Yusif who later led them to the rest of the gang. Upon their arrest, the accused persons mentioned Nasir and Abubakari as part of the gang.
No ransom was paid in exchange for the kidnapped women.
Source: graphic.com.gh
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Politics has overtaking your thinking capabilities to the extend that everything has turned NDC.NPP. Please go back to read the man's briefing.There is a different between paying a ransom and a ransom demand.He said it clearly that no ransom was paid on the head of the Canadians.
YES , YOU PEOPLE SHOULD READ AND UNDERSTAND WELL BEFORE ANYTHING IS SAID AND PUT HERE. THE MINISTER SAID NO RANSOM WAS PAID. HE DID NOT TALK ABOUT DEMAND. ARE WE IN CLASS ONE?
He said no ransom was paid. He did not say no ransom was demanded. Check the briefing du.mb
So Oppong Nkrumah came to lie again. What is happening at all? You can't take this Government seriously about anything. Clue.less NPP/Nana Akufo Addo
But the Minister of Information told the press that no ransom was demanded. Was he l.y.i.n.g just like the CID Boss did about the Takoradi girls? Or he didnt have the facts at the time. NPP must be serious with Ghanaians and stop the Incompetence everywhere. Govt doesnt seem to be on top of issues at all. Ayoooo, 2020 is just around the corner la.