Sixteen Kidnapped Persons Found In A Room At Ankaful

16 persons aged between 12 and 20 years have been found kidnapped in a single room at Ankaful Zongo in the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly in the Central Region. The victims are believed not to be Ghanaians as they are unable to speak any local language. They are all suspected to be nationals of countries such as Burkina Faso, Togo, Mali, and then Niger as they speak different languages including French.

The victims are believed to have been kept in the room for about one month as they’ve grown very lean due to lack of food and water. The residents who are living in fear after the discovery said that they used to see taxis coming to the house with some young boys being led into the house by some unknown persons but later didn’t see them anymore.

Chief of Ankaful, Nana Abura Asankoma III, is appealing to the security agencies to launch an investigation and arrest the suspected kidnappers. The Assembly Member of the Cape Coast Ankaful Honourable George Anarful in an interview said that, the matter has also been reported to Ankaful Police but Police have failed to act. According to him, he has been told that the Kidnapped victims have been signed to play football for some teams in the country but have been caged and not catered for.