Police in the Ashanti Region has arrested a 37-year old for kidnapping two pupils of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Basic Primary School.
The suspect, James Cornelius Kudah was picked up at a hotel in Asante Akyem Agogo where he was lodging with the victims.
According to 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 victims, both 7 and nine years have been handed over to their parents to reunite with them.
Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Ken Yeboah who confirmed the incident to Citi News said it took the intervention of the police and telecom operator MTN to track and arrest the suspect.
“The kids had closed from school and were on their way to pick up their little sister. They were from the KNUST primary school unit and their little sister was at the Creche, which is a walking distance away…. He [the suspect] told them that he’ll take them to their mum.”
“He took them from Kumasi to Kumawu area in Odumase. He called the children’s father that he needed money. He was demanding a ransom. The father called the police and together with service provider we were able 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 got the information that they had moved to Agogo and we were able to trace them,” COP Ken Yeboah explained.
The victims have since been reunited with their parents but are undergoing medical examinations.
The suspect is said to have graduated Building Technology graduated from the Kumasi Polytechnic now Kumasi Technical University and wanted to use the funds from the crime to further his education to KNUST.
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By: Jonas Nyabor/citinewsroom.com/Ghana