Police on Tuesday briefly arrested Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the chairman of the largest opposition party, in connection with kidnappings in the West African country.
When they reached their destination, the pair got out of the taxi first and were taken. The third woman then went to alert the police with the Uber driver.
Police said the women were volunteers with Youth Challenge International, a Canadian international development organisation headquartered in Toronto.But earlier this year, local media quoted President Nana Akufo-Addo as warning that action must be taken to make sure kidnapping"doesn't become a feature of our society".
He was later released but ordered to report back to the Criminal Investigations Department on Thursday, according to a post on the official police Twitter account. Ghana, a nation of some 30 million people, has long been seen as a bulwark of stability in a region struggling to contain multiple groups of Islamist fighters.
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