Ghana Police Arrest Two Over Kidnapping and Killing of Senegalese Goalkeeper Cheikh Toure

The Ghana Police Service announced in a Thursday, September 24, 2026, statement that two principal suspects were arrested over the abduction and killing of Cheikh Toure, an 18-year-old goalkeeper from Senegal, in Kumasi in October 2025. The police said the arrests resulted from a continuing operation based on intelligence. Police said that on October 16, 2025, people who said they were the goalkeeper's brothers brought him to Manhyia Hospital suffering from multiple stomach wounds. They told staff he had been in an accident. Toure was declared dead on arrival. The suspects later abandoned his body at Ebenezer Mortuary in Tafo, Kumasi, and ran away. The arrested individuals were identified as Salifu Walid, 32, from Niger, and Aziz Wadrago Mane, 24, from Burkina Faso. They were captured on September 20, 2026, at a hiding place in Banpanase, close to Mamponteng in the Ashanti Region. According to early police findings, the two are part of a four-person group suspected of planning the abduction and killing of Cheikh Toure. The group allegedly acted as football scout agents and relied on online channels to draw unwitting people into Ghana. While being questioned, the two suspects confessed to their involvement and described what roles they played in bringing the deceased into the country as part of an alleged plan to defraud him, police said. Police added that they are stepping up efforts to catch Noukoubri Arzouma Sylviain, also known as Prince Pierre, and Barry, who remain at large and are believed to have been central to the group's operations. The two suspects are in police custody and will be taken through court processes.