The remains of 18-year-old Ghanaian student, Nana Agyei Oduru Ahyia, who died under suspicious circumstances in Latvia have been returned 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 June 4, 2025 in what Latvian authorities initially reported as a fall from the sixth floor of his apartment building on Baznicas Street in Riga.
However, his family has strongly rejected the official explanation, citing a troubling 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 lack of information and support, the family sent a relative to Latvia to investigate.
The relative was later joined by a representative from the Ghanaian Embassy in Berlin, which oversees Latvian affairs.
Latvian police have confirmed that an investigation is ongoing but the family says they have received no formal updates from either Latvian authorities or Ghana’s diplomatic mission.
The family continues to demand justice and full disclosure on the events leading to Nana Agyei’s death.