Ghanaians on social media are demanding Justice for a Sixteen-year-old identified as Ransford Owusu Ansah.
According to reports, the promising footballer at Siano Soccer Academy in Amasaman near Accra died on March 10, 2025.
His death has been linked to severe injuries alleged to be sexual abuse by coach Ibrahim Anyass.
Reports suggest the coach, Anyass, fled after the abuse was revealed and continues coaching children despite public demands for his arrest.
On November 5, 2025, actress Lydia Forson’s X post reignited outrage, leading to calls for systemic reforms in Ghana’s youth sports protection.
Lydia Forson, in her post, read, “I just learned about 16-year-old Ransford Owusu Ansah, a young Ghanaian footballer who, according to multiple reports, was sexually abused by his coach for years and later died after months in hospital from complications allegedly linked to that abuse.
When women speak about sexual violence, especially in schools, people often assume it only happens to girls.
But the truth is, it happens to boys too, and far more often than we want to admit”.
Also, other Ghanaians on X have joined in to demand justice for the 16-year-old Ransford Owusu Ansah with the hashtag #JusticeForRansford.
“Ransford Owusu Ansah’s dream of becoming a footballer ended when his coach, the person meant to guide him, sexually abused him. Ransford has died from the SA, yet his abuser remains free. This cannot be okay.#JusticeForRansford”, another netizen wrote.
One x user added, “Do you know how prolonged and violent the abuse must have been for it to lead to complications and death????? All that pain and suffering and NO ONE has been held accountable? Such a shame on us as a society because his abuser is still walking free #JusticeforRansford”
A netizen added, “Coach Ibrahim is at the Abease Park still coaching other kids. He raped Ransford to the point that he couldn’t walk and two men and to carry him to Aunty Naa’s place, and even sitting was hard for him”.
“Heard this 16-year-old boy was sodomized by his Academy Coach in March and died because of it. But up until now, nothing has been done about the case, and the Coach is back coaching like nothing happened”, one more Ghanaian wrote.
See the post below:
This is disheartening 💔 #JusticeForRansford pic.twitter.com/C7Srs6QbvF
— Beno SarkCess (@_BenopaOnyx1) November 5, 2025
I just learned about 16-year-old Ransford Owusu Ansah; a young Ghanaian footballer who, according to multiple reports, was sexually abused by his coach for years and later died after months in hospital from complications allegedly linked to that abuse.
— miss forson (@lydiaforson) November 5, 2025
When women speak about…
Hello everyone please help us raise our voice. Justice must be served #justiceforRansford #justiceforjoana @ksheldonstudios @kwadwosheldon @SIKAOFFICIAL1 @wode_maya pic.twitter.com/aj4a8OpCp0
— BiG ElViS (@yourboy_elvis) November 6, 2025