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The families of the missing Takoradi girls who have now been confirmed dead, have said they will conduct a separate DNA test on the skeletal remains which are alleged to be those of the four kidnapped girls.

This was disclosed by the sister of one of the girls, Rebecca Quayson, when she spoke on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class91.3FM on Tuesday, 17 September 2019.

DNA tests confirmed that some human remains retrieved from the backyard of the prime suspect in the kidnapping case of the missing girls are, indeed, those of Ruth Abakah, Priscilla Blessing Bentum, 21; Ruth Love Quayson, 18; and Priscilla Mantebea Kuranchie, 18.

Their families called for an independent DNA test following the retrieval of skeletons from a septic tank behind the house of the prime suspect.

The tests were to ascertain whether or not the remains found are those of the girls who have been missing since August and December 2018.

A team of investigators from the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service found the remains when they went on an operation at Kansaworodo, a superb of Takoradi.

On Monday, 16 September 2019, the Inspector-General of Police, James Oppong Boanuh, confirmed to the media that the DNA results had come in positive.

The acting IGP said: “A few minutes ago, officers of the Ghana Police Service informed four families in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana that DNA tests conducted on some human remains discovered in the course of police investigations into the disappearance of the four missing girls have turned out positive, as the remains of the girls. The Ghana Police Service has, with regret, informed the families that the remains are that of Ruth Abakah, Priscilla Kuranchie, Ruth Love Quayson, and Priscilla Blessing Bentum.”

However, Ruthlove Quayson’s sister told show host Benjamin Akakpo that the families of the girls will conduct their own DNA test to ascertain the first results.

  She said: “We have to collect the bones because in the first place they can’t bury our sister for us, so, definitely they have to give the bones to us. So, after giving the bones, we’ll conduct another test.

“I know it’s a huge sum of money but we know Ghanaians have sympathy, Ghanaians are following this story, so, they will help.”