The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yohunu has assumed control of investigations into the death of Cheith Toure, a Senegalese teenage goalkeeper who died in Kumasi last week.

In a statement released on Monday night, the Director of Public Relations at the Ghana Police Service, ACP Grace Ansah Akrofi, indicated that "a special team made up of homicide investigators, forensic experts and intelligence officers" has been deployed by the IGP.

The statement said this was done to "support the Ashanti Regional Police Command with ongoing investigations into the death of the Senegalese National."

Meanwhile, the police have confirmed that on October 16, a gentleman named Issah, who claimed to be a brother of the deceased, sent the body of the deceased to the Manhyia hospital with several abdominal injuries.

Issah alleged that the deceased was the victim of an accident and subsequently deposited the body at the Ebenezer mortuary, Tafo, Kumasi.

He was pronounced dead on arrival by the hospital authorities, according to a police statement.

The death of the teenager was first reported by Senegal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Integration, which claimed that the goalkeeper was a "victim of a network of scams and extortion of funds".