The policeman said to be involved in a hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of a Central University level 200 student, Ivan Baidoo has been identified and interdicted by the Police administration.
He has been named as General Corporal Robert Koranteng.
He was reportedly chasing a motorcycle rider with Ivan Baidoo as the pillion rider and it resulted in a crash that killed Baidoo.
The policeman is said to have fled the scene after the crash.
The incident occurred on the Tema Motorway on August 27. 2026.
The Homicide Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) took over the investigation after a petition by the family to the CID, with the argument that, the case officer was being lackadaisical with the investigation and was not readily providing information to the family of the deceased even though, the motorbike rider was available.
In a statement issued Saturday (Sept 12, 2026) the police said there were more investigations underway to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident, while the Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSB) has been tasked with investigating the conduct of the officer.
"The Ghana Police Service assures the public that the matter is being thoroughly investigated and that appropriate action will be taken based on the outcome of the investigations," the statement said.
The family of Ivan Apprey Baidoo petitioned the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for a full-scale investigation into the circumstances of his death in the motorbike crash.
Ivan, 20, was a second-year law student who died after an accident involving a motorbike on the Tema Motorway on Thursday, August 27, 2026, at about 4 p.m., according to the petition.
The lawyers said Ivan had ordered a ride and boarded the motorbike with registration number M 26-AB 384 from Old Ashongman to East Legon.
They said the rider, identified as Samuel Arthur Wesley, had informed police investigators at the Airport Police Station that a police patrol team member riding another motorbike had chased him from the UPSA-Legon junction towards the Tema Motorway.
According to the petition, the rider alleged that the patrol team member caught up with them and “hit them from the back of the motorbike,” causing both the rider and Ivan to fall to the ground.
The petition, dated September 7, 2026, was filed by the family’s lawyers, Nyamekye & Partners, on behalf of Ivan’s father, Evans Baidoo.
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