Family seeks full CID investigation into death of Central University Law student
The family of late Central University law student Ivan Apprey Baidoo has petitioned the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death in a motorbike accident.
The petition, dated September 7, 2026, was submitted by the family’s lawyers, Nyamekye & Partners, on behalf of Ivan’s father, Evans Baidoo.
Ivan, 20, was a second-year law student who died following an accident involving a YANGO motorbike on the Tema Motorway on Thursday, August 27, 2026, at about 4 p.m., according to the petition.
The lawyers said Ivan had booked a YANGO ride from Old Ashongman to East Legon and was travelling on a motorbike with registration number M 26-AB 384, ridden by Samuel Arthur Wesley.
According to the petition, Wesley told investigators at the Airport Police Station that a police patrol officer riding another motorbike pursued him from the UPSA-Legon junction towards the Tema Motorway.
The rider reportedly claimed that the police officer eventually caught up with them and “hit them from the back of the motorbike”, causing both him and Ivan to fall onto the road.
Both sustained serious injuries, but Ivan later died from the injuries he suffered in the crash.
The family said it had fully cooperated with the investigations, including the coroner’s inquest and autopsy. It added that the commissioned pathologist’s report had been obtained and approved by the court.
Despite this, the family said several issues surrounding the incident remained unclear and required further investigation.
Among their concerns were the exact location of the crash, how the police were notified, who transported the injured men to the Tema General Hospital and the account given to investigators by the YANGO rider.
The lawyers also sought clarification on the whereabouts of Ivan’s mobile phone, footage captured by road surveillance cameras at the time of the accident, and the identities of the police officers involved in the alleged pursuit.
“These unanswered questions leave our client and his family with a bit of doubt and suspicion,” the lawyers stated.
They said the family had previously been assured that relevant traffic-camera footage would be made available, but more than a week had passed without the footage being provided.
The family is therefore asking the CID to undertake a “full-scale public enquiry” to establish exactly what happened before, during and after the accident that resulted in Ivan’s death.
The lawyers have appealed to the CID to treat the matter as urgent and produce its findings as soon as possible to bring clarity and closure to the family.
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