Senegal cries for Justice as footballer Cheikh Toure found dead in Ghana

Ghanaian police are investigating the mysterious death of a 20-year-old Senegalese footballer, Cheikh Toure, whose body was brought to a hospital in Kumasi last week.

Police said a man who claimed to be Toure’s brother, identified as Issah, took him to the hospital, saying he had been in an accident. But hospital records showed that Toure was already dead when he arrived and had several abdominal injuries.

Senegal’s government said Toure had fallen victim to a group of fake football recruiters who scammed, extorted, and eventually killed him.

According to Senegal’s Ministry of Youth and Sports, Toure was a player with Esprit Foot Academy in Yeumbeul, near Dakar.

He had travelled to Ghana after being promised football trials in Morocco, but was instead kidnapped and murdered.

The Senegalese sports ministry has warned clubs, academies, coaches, and parents to be careful about unverified offers of trials or transfers abroad.
Ghanaian police say they are working to uncover what really happened.

Meanwhile, Senegal’s foreign ministry has sent officials from its embassy in Ghana to help local authorities and arrange for Toure’s body to be returned home.