Overview
- Senegal’s foreign ministry confirmed Cheikh Touré, 18, died on Friday, Oct. 17, with investigators probing the circumstances.
- The Senegalese Embassy in Accra said his body was placed at the Ebenezer morgue in Tafo, in Ghana’s Ashanti region.
- Two embassy officials were dispatched to Kumasi to assist local authorities with administrative and judicial procedures and to prepare repatriation.
- Preliminary consular findings indicate he was lured by a false offer of a professional trial, then allegedly abducted with a ransom demanded from his family.
- Officials urged clubs, academies, coaches and families to verify recruitment approaches, warning that networks exploit young players’ aspirations; some reports identify Touré as an Esprit Foot Yeumbeul prospect.