The Ghana Police Service has arrested two suspects over the alleged kidnapping and murder of Senegalese goalkeeper Cheikh Toure in Kumasi in October 2025.
The suspects, Salifu Walid, 32, a Nigerien, and Aziz Wadrago Mane, 24, a Burkinabe, were arrested on September 20, 2026, at their hideout at Banpanase near Mamponteng in the Ashanti Region.
Police said the two are members of a four-member group that allegedly posed as football scout agents and used online networks to lure victims into Ghana.
According to the Police, the suspects admitted their involvement and provided information about their respective roles in allegedly luring Toure into the country as part of a scheme to defraud him.
Police are also searching for two other suspects, Noukoubri Arzouma Sylviain, also known as Prince Pierre, and Barry, who remain at large.
“The two suspects are currently in Police custody and will be processed for court.”
On October 16, 2025, individuals who claimed to be Toure’s brothers took him to Manhyia Hospital with multiple abdominal injuries, alleging that he had been involved in an accident. He was pronounced dead on arrival.
His body was later deposited at the Ebenezer Mortuary at Tafo, Kumasi, before the individuals absconded.
