IGP deploys special investigative team to Kumasi to probe death of Senegalese goalkeeper
The Inspector-General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has deployed a special investigative team to help probe the death of a 20-year-old Senegalese national, Cheith Toure, in Kumasi.
A statement issued by the police on Monday [Oct 20] indicated that the investigative team from Accra is to assist the Ashanti Regional Police Command.
The statement said the deceased was reportedly sent to the Manhyia Government Hospital on October 16, 2025, by a man named Issah, who claimed to be his brother.
Issah alleged that Toure was involved in an accident, but hospital records show that he was brought in dead with multiple abdominal injuries. The body was later deposited at the Ebenezer mortuary in Tafo.
"The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno has deployed a special team made up of homicide investigators, forensic experts and intelligence officers to support the Ashanti Region Police Command with ongoing investigations into the death of a Senegalese National, Cheith Toure at Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region," the statement read.
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"Investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death has so far revealed that on 16th October, 2025, One Issah who claimed to be the deceased's brother, took the deceased to the Manhyia hospital with several abdominal injuries, alleging that the victim had been involved in an accident and later deposited the body at the Ebenezer mortuary at Tafo, Kumasi, after he was pronounced dead on arrival by the hospital authorities," it added.
The Police Command is urging anyone with relevant information to assist the investigation by contacting the Regional CID in Kumasi, calling the police hotlines 18555, 191, or 112, or reaching the investigating officer directly at 0248483741.
The death of Toure was first reported by the Senegalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Integration, which claimed that the goalkeeper was a victim of a network involved in scams and extortion.
Authorities have assured the public of a thorough investigation and have appealed for anyone with relevant information to come forward.
