The main suspects in the case of the missing Takoradi girls, John Orji and Sam Udoetuk Wills, have been charged with murder at a Takoradi Magistrate Court.
This was after the State Attorney, Adeliade Kobiri-Woode, dropped the previous suit against the two suspects, at the Sekondi High Court.
John Orji and Sam Udoetuk Wills had initially been charged with six counts of conspiracy to commit crime after the disappearance of four girls from the Takoradi Metropolis.
The State Attorney, Adeliade Kobiri-Woode, in explaining the reason for dropping the initial charges, said the prosecution had finally received the documents they were expecting from the police.
According to her, the nature of the document makes it necessary to change the charge.
Immediately after the Sekondi High Court granted the plea to drop the initial charge to be replaced with a new charge, the police arrested and charged the two suspects with murder.
The Prosecutor, Chief Inspector B. P. Ahinsan told the Takoradi Magistrate Court that suspect Sam Udoetuk could not come to court since he was still serving his 18-month prison sentencing for escaping cell and destruction of public property and so only John Orji appeared before the Takoradi magistrate court today.
Chief Inspector Ahinsan then pleaded with the court to remand John Orji for further investigations to enable them to commence committal processes in two-weeks.
John Orji will appear before the court on February 13.
The victims; Priscilla Bentum, Ruth Love Quayson, Priscilla Mantebea Kuranchie and Ruth Abakah, who were feared to have been kidnapped between July and December 2018 were confirmed dead in August 2019.
