Case-status note: “Unsolved / partial” means that the killing is established and a substantial investigative record exists, but no person has been convicted. Daniel Owusu Koranteng's 2025 arrest and charge are not proof of guilt: he was discharged after the Attorney-General found the evidence insufficient.
The journalist behind the investigations
Ahmed Hussein-Suale was an undercover journalist associated with Tiger Eye Private Investigations, the investigative organization led by Anas Aremeyaw Anas. His work required a low public profile because he participated in investigations that relied on concealed identity and covert documentation.
Among the best-known projects connected to his team was Number 12, a 2018 investigation into corruption in Ghanaian football. The reporting contributed to official and sporting consequences, but it also placed members of the investigative team under intense public scrutiny.
Press-freedom organizations documented that images said to identify Hussein-Suale were broadcast publicly before his death. This sequence is relevant context because an undercover reporter's safety depended on anonymity. It is not, by itself, legal proof that the broadcast caused the later murder or that any person who discussed him publicly ordered the attack.
The attack in Madina
On the evening of January 16, 2019, Hussein-Suale was in his vehicle in Madina, a district of Accra. According to accounts compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists, the BBC and United Nations experts, two men approached on a motorcycle and shot him at close range.
He died at the scene. Contemporary sources reported wounds to his neck and chest. The attack was targeted in appearance, but appearance is not a judicial finding about motive. No reviewed court record established whether the killing was retaliation for a specific investigation, the work of a hired team, or the result of another motive.
The victim's work made the case an international press-freedom concern. United Nations experts called for a prompt and effective investigation, emphasizing both the right to life and the wider danger created when a journalist can be killed with impunity.
A prolonged investigation
Ghana Police opened a homicide investigation and interviewed several people over the following years. Public updates were intermittent, and journalism organizations repeatedly criticized the lack of a prosecution. The long delay did not prove institutional complicity, but it did deepen concern about whether all available evidence had been gathered and preserved.
The description of two motorcycle-borne gunmen remained central. Investigators also examined communications and relationships in Hussein-Suale's professional circle. Reporting about interviews, searches or theories does not establish that any person committed or assisted the crime.
By the sixth anniversary in January 2025, no one had been convicted. Renewed public pressure coincided with government statements that the investigation would be revisited, but a political promise to pursue a case is not evidence that it has been solved.
The 2025 arrest and charge
Police arrested businessman and former Tiger Eye associate Daniel Owusu Koranteng, also known in reports as Akwasi Amakye, in March 2025. Prosecutors accused him of abetment of crime and murder. A district court remanded him while the police docket was sent to the Office of the Attorney-General for advice.
At this stage, Koranteng was an accused person, not a convicted offender. Ghana Business News, reproducing Ghana News Agency reporting, noted in May 2025 that the district court had not taken a plea. The prosecution was directed to obtain the Attorney-General's report and prepare the necessary indictment materials.
Published allegations referred to telephone records and to a theory that Koranteng helped expose Hussein-Suale's location to the attackers. Those were prosecution assertions. Their evidentiary value had to be assessed before any trial could proceed.
Attorney-General review and discharge
On October 14, 2025, the Madina District Court discharged Koranteng after prosecutors communicated the Attorney-General's advice to discontinue the case. MyJoyOnline reported that the review found the telephone evidence inconclusive and found no direct or circumstantial link sufficient to sustain the charges.
The same report said that police sketches based on eyewitness descriptions did not resemble Koranteng. The Attorney-General advised investigators to redirect their work toward identifying and apprehending the two gunmen described as the principal perpetrators.
A discharge after the state abandons charges is not a murder conviction and should not be written as a technical escape from established guilt. Koranteng maintained his innocence, and the public criminal case against him ended without trial. This archive therefore does not list him as the killer, accomplice or convicted person.
What remains unanswered?
The identities of the two gunmen remain the central unanswered question. The public record also does not establish who planned the attack, whether payment or logistical assistance was involved, or which aspect of Hussein-Suale's work—if any—provided the motive.
Questions also remain about the years between the killing and the 2025 charge. Public reporting does not provide a complete inventory of forensic testing, witness protection measures, cross-border inquiries or digital evidence reviewed by investigators.
Finally, the public exposure of Hussein-Suale's image remains a serious safety issue without being a substitute for criminal proof. Responsible reporting can document the exposure, criticism and threats while stating clearly that no court has adjudicated a causal link between those events and the murder.
Established facts and bounded allegations
- Established: Ahmed Hussein-Suale was an undercover investigative journalist with Tiger Eye Private Investigations.
- Established: two men on a motorcycle shot and killed him in Madina on January 16, 2019.
- Context, not adjudicated motive: his image had been publicly circulated after high-profile investigative work.
- Procedural fact: police arrested and prosecutors charged Daniel Owusu Koranteng in March 2025.
- Current legal outcome: the Attorney-General advised discontinuance and the court discharged Koranteng on October 14, 2025.
- Unresolved: no reviewed source identifies convicted gunmen, planner or proven motive.
Source and status methodology
The killing date, location, attack method and professional context were checked against the Committee to Protect Journalists, the BBC and a February 2019 statement by United Nations human-rights experts. These sources independently describe the victim as a journalist and the assailants as unidentified motorcycle riders.
The 2025 procedural history was checked against Ghana News Agency reporting carried by Ghana Business News, the Media Foundation for West Africa and MyJoyOnline's account of the Attorney-General's final advice. The later discharge controls the present description of Koranteng; earlier charge language is not allowed to survive as a claim of guilt.
The source record was reviewed through September 12, 2026. No reliable later conviction or renewed charge was located.
Frequently asked questions
Who was Ahmed Hussein-Suale?
Ahmed Hussein-Suale was an undercover investigative journalist with Tiger Eye Private Investigations. His work included the Number 12 investigation into corruption in Ghanaian football.
When and where was he killed?
Two unidentified men on a motorcycle shot Hussein-Suale while he was in his car in Madina, Accra, on the evening of January 16, 2019.
Was anyone convicted of his murder?
No. Daniel Owusu Koranteng was charged in 2025 but was discharged on October 14, 2025 after the Attorney-General concluded that the available evidence did not meet the threshold for prosecution.
Does the discharge mean the murder is solved?
No. The two gunmen remained unidentified in the reviewed public record, and the Attorney-General directed investigators to continue pursuing the principal perpetrators.
Was public exposure of his identity proven to have caused the murder?
No. Hussein-Suale's image had been broadcast after his investigative work, and press-freedom organizations documented the sequence. No court has established that the broadcast legally caused or directed the killing.
Why is the case marked unsolved / partial?
The killing and parts of the investigative history are well documented, but no person has been convicted and the only publicly identified 2025 defendant was discharged.