A 37-year old man have been arrested for kidnapping two pupils of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Basic Primary School.
The victims are 7 and nine years.
According to the police, the suspect called parents of the victims demanding a GHc 2,000.00 ransom after he picked the victims from the school on Friday evening.
The suspect is said to have called the parents of the two pupils and demanded GHC 2,000.00 ransom after picking them from the school.
The suspect was fished out of his hideout with the help of the police and MTN at a hotel in Asante Akyem Agogo where he had lodged with the pupils.
When questioned, the suspect James Cornelius Kudah who is a former student of the Kumasi Technical University said he had planned to use the money to further his education to KNUST.
The pupils have been reunited with their parents.
The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Ken Yeboah explained, “The kids had closed from school so they were about walking to where their other sister was and the two of them at the KNUST primary unit, their little sister was at the Creche, which is a walking distance…. He told them that he’ll take them to where their mum was and that was the end.”
‘He took them from Kumasi to Kumawu area in Odumase. He called the children’s father that he needed the mother. He was demanding a ransom and the father all called the police and together we were able to lead with the service provider to know exactly where he was calling from. With that information we moved to Odumase and we got the information that they only slept there. We go the information that they had moved to Agogo and we were able to trace them’.
By: Ghana/Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM
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