Ghana's Police Service has interdicted General Corporal Robert Koranteng while two specialist units investigate the death of Central University law student Ivan Apprey Baidoo. The service announced the administrative action on Saturday, 12 September 2026, following initial inquiries into video connected with the case.
Baidoo died after a motorcycle crash on the Tema Motorway on 27 August. His family's petition says he was travelling as a passenger from Old Ashongman towards East Legon at about 4 p.m. when a police officer on another motorcycle allegedly pursued the rider. The rider's account, as relayed by the family and its lawyers, alleges that the officer struck the motorcycle from behind. Police have not publicly confirmed that sequence of events.
The Criminal Investigations Department's Homicide Unit is now examining the circumstances of the death. Separately, the Police Professional Standards Bureau has been assigned to investigate Koranteng's conduct. The parallel tracks matter: one is intended to establish what caused the death and whether an offence occurred, while the other examines professional behaviour within the service.
Interdiction removes an officer from active duty while a matter is investigated; it is not a conviction or a judicial finding of responsibility. The police statement, as reported by Graphic Online and MyJoyOnline, did not announce a criminal charge against Koranteng or publish a completed reconstruction of the crash. It said further action would depend on the findings of the investigations.
The new police action follows pressure from Baidoo's family. A petition dated 7 September asked the CID for a full investigation and raised questions about the route of the motorcycle, the identity and conduct of the pursuing officer, the availability of traffic-camera footage, the handling of the surviving rider and the location of Baidoo's phone. Those points are the family's questions and allegations; they are not yet settled facts.
Public reports differ on Baidoo's age. The family petition described him as 20, while reporting of the police statement identified him as 23. This article does not resolve that discrepancy. The confirmed points common to the accounts are his identity, his status as a Central University law student, the 27 August motorway incident and the investigations announced on 12 September.
The police service's own description of the Professional Standards Bureau says it investigates public complaints, misconduct and alleged wrongdoing by officers. Its Homicide Unit handles deaths and related cases referred by CID leadership. Assigning both units therefore creates an internal-accountability inquiry alongside the criminal investigation, but neither process has yet produced public findings.
The case matters beyond one disciplinary decision because it tests whether evidence involving a serving officer can be gathered, preserved and assessed transparently. Useful next steps for public accountability would include a clear timeline, the status of relevant video, any charging decision, and findings that explain how the evidence supports the outcome while protecting the integrity of the investigation.
For now, the verified development is limited but consequential: an officer has been identified and interdicted, and two investigations are under way. Claims about how the crash happened, whether police conduct caused Baidoo's death and whether any person committed an offence remain unresolved and should not be presented as established fact.
