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The Ghana Police Service has successfully apprehended two primary suspects through an intelligence-driven investigation into the kidnapping and murder of Cheikh Toure, a Senegalese goalkeeper, who was killed in Kumasi during October 2025.
On October 16, 2025, individuals claiming to be relatives of the deceased goalkeeper transported him to Manhyia Hospital in Kumasi, reporting that he had sustained multiple abdominal injuries from an alleged accident.
CheikhToure was declared deceased upon arrival at the hospital.
The suspects subsequently left his body at Ebenezer Mortuary in Tafo, Kumasi, and fled the scene.
The arrested individuals—Salifu Walid, a 32-year-old national of Niger, and Aziz Wadrago Mane, a 24-year-old national of Burkina Faso—were apprehended on September 20, 2026, at their residence in Banpanase near Mamponteng within Ghana’s Ashanti Region.
According to a police statement, preliminary findings suggest that these two suspects are part of a four-member criminal network responsible for orchestrating Cheikh Toure’s kidnapping and murder. The group operated by posing as football talent scouts and exploiting social media platforms to attract vulnerable victims to Ghana.
During questioning, both suspects acknowledged their participation in the offense and disclosed their specific roles in deceiving the victim into traveling to Ghana as part of an alleged financial exploitation scheme.
The police have escalated efforts to locate fugitives Noukoubri Arzouma Sylviain, known as Prince Pierre, and Barry, who remain at large and are believed to have directed the group’s criminal operations.