Body of Ghanaian student who died under suspicious circumstances in Latvia returned home
The remains of 18-year-old Ghanaian student, Nana Agyei Oduru Ahyia, who died under suspicious circumstances in Latvia, have been repatriated to Ghana for burial.
Nana Agyei was a first-year Electrical Engineering (Adaptronic) student at Riga Technical University, having enrolled in July 2024.
His life was tragically cut short on 4th June 2025, after what Latvian authorities initially reported as a fall from the sixth floor of his apartment building on Baznicas Street in Riga.
However, his family strongly disputes the official account, pointing to a chilling voice note he sent just three days before his death, in which he claimed he had been poisoned.
“We received news that he fell from the sixth floor and died. But we said, no, that cannot be true. There’s no way he would commit suicide,” said Sarah Nimli, a family spokesperson.
“I wrote letters to the Foreign Ministry, to the school, and contacted the police. But we realised the police were not responding and appeared to be covering up because the people involved were Latvian nationals.”
Frustrated by the silence and lack of cooperation, the family sent a relative to Latvia to seek answers. The relative was later joined by a representative from the Ghanaian Embassy in Berlin, which oversees Ghanaian affairs in Latvia, to engage with local authorities.
While Latvian police have confirmed that investigations are ongoing, the family maintains they have received no formal updates or substantive cooperation from either Latvian officials or Ghana’s diplomatic mission.
The family continues to demand a thorough, transparent investigation into the true circumstances surrounding Nana Agyei’s death.
Source: Myjoyonline.com
