A Sekondi high court in Ghana has sentenced Samuel Udoetuk
Wills and John Orji, both Nigerians, to death over the kidnap and murder of
four Takoradi women in 2018.
The judgement, passed on Friday, came after a seven-member
jury found them guilty on all the eight counts of conspiracy to kidnap and murder after about
two years of hearing the case.
Richard Agyei Frimpong, the presiding judge, said the
suspects have the right to appeal the ruling within a 30-day window.
However, if they refuse the option or fail in their appeal,
they will join over 160 people who have been sentenced to death since 1993 in
Ghana.
This case, which is of huge interest to the public
particularly the twin cities of Sekondi-Takoradi, is fixated on the president
of Ghana to sign the death warrant as the Ghanaian 1992 constitution provides
that any death sentence will have to be signed by the president to make it
effective.
The two Nigerians were accused of kidnapping and
subsequently killing Ruth Abakah aged 19; Priscilla Blessing Bentum (21); Ruth
Love Quayson (18) and Priscilla Koranchie (15).
The girls were captured between July and December 2018 at
different locations, including Kansawurodo, Butumagyebu, Nkroful junction all
in Sekondi-Takoradi of the western region in Ghana.
On January 4, 2019, after months of fruitless checks,
relatives, friends and some residents went on a demonstration demanding
justice.
Still searching for the girls, the police finally discovered
their bones in a septic tank in the house of the lead suspect, Wills. A DNA
test confirmed that they were indeed the remains of the four girls.
After their remains were discovered and further
investigations were conducted including results of the DNA samples taken from
their families, Wills and Orji were charged with conspiracy and murder.
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