Kofi Ampeah Woode
An Officer stationed at the Kasoa Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) – Assistant Immigration Control Officer (AICO II) Emmanuel Ofosu Acheampong, acting on his instincts foiled what could have led to the attempted kidnapping of a young female student.
According to the Officer, he observed a scene along the Nsawam–Amasaman highway whiles on public transport (Trotro) from Nsawam to Dome, and saw a young schoolgirl standing by a parked Toyota Camry car with registration number GR 3668-16, and on three different occasions attempted to sit in the car. She eventually did and the car sped off.
He became suspicious and directed the Trotro driver to chase the Camry vehicle. At a point, the Camry slowed down due to ongoing construction works, aiding AICO II Acheampong to alight and order the driver of the Camry (a man in dreadlocks) to park off the road.
Chief Superintendent (C/Supt) of Immigration MICHAEL AMOAKO-ATTA – Head, Public Affairs, GIS, in an official statement says upon interrogation, the Camry driver and his accomplice claimed the girl was the driver’s niece, which was denied by the girl.
The girl, a student of St. Stephens Senior High School in Akwatia, claims that the man in dreadlocks took her contact from a friend who posted her picture on WhatsApp status. According to her, she got a call from the man who told her to meet him in Amasaman during her mid-term break.
A search of the car by the Immigration Officer led to the discovery of a pump action gun with twenty (20) rounds of ammunition and a machete.
While interrogating the driver of the Camry vehicle, one of the suspects slipped out of the crowd and bolted.
With the help of two members of the public, the Immigration Officer escorted the suspect and the female student to the Amasaman Police Station for investigations into the alleged kidnapping.
Curtesy: GIS Communications
