Source: Africa Publicity
Police in Ghana are investigating the death of a 16-year-old footballer whose mother alleged that he died after being sexually abused by his coach at Siano Soccer Academy.
In a statement dated Saturday, November 8, 2025, the Ghana Police Service said 16-year-old Ransford Owusu was allegedly sexually abused by coach Anyass Ibrahim.
According to the statement signed by the Director-General of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police Grace Ansah-Akrofi, the “junior footballer” Owusu died on February 28, 2025, after falling ill.
The statement noted that “Preliminary investigations have established that after the death of Ransford Owusu in February 2025, his mother, Ama Asantewaa, reported to the Amasaman Police that her son who used to be a junior footballer at the Siano Soccer Academy had fallen ill and died on 28th February, 2025. She indicated to the police that, before her son’s demise, he had confided in her that his coach, Anyass Ibrahim, had sexually abused him.”
It said “The case was subsequently taken over by the Homicide Unit of the CID Headquarters. On 4th November, 2025, suspect Anyass Ibrahim was arrested to assist the investigation. He was interrogated, his statement taken and later granted bail to be reporting at the CID headquarters.”
According to the statement, “a review of the medical reports so far submitted by the deceased’s mother from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and the Maternal and Child Health Hospital (Children’s Hospital), Kumasi suggest that the deceased was treated for liver and kidney related conditions.”
Below is the full statement:
