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The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to fully investigate the alleged murder of 18-year-old Ghanaian student, Nana Agyei Ahyia, in Latvia.
Mr. Ablakwa disclosed this during a meeting with the bereaved family, where he revealed that a fact-finding mission from Ghana’s Embassy in Germany—also accredited to Latvia—has already been dispatched and has submitted a preliminary report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to the Minister, Latvian authorities have confirmed that investigations into the circumstances surrounding Nana Agyei’s death are still ongoing.
He further announced plans to personally travel to Latvia to engage his Latvian counterpart and officials handling the case. Representatives of Nana Agyei’s family are expected to be part of the delegation.
Mr. Ablakwa also stated that the government intends to engage independent experts to review all investigative reports, including the final report from Latvian authorities, to determine the appropriate next steps in seeking justice.
Nana Agyei Ahyia was a first-year Electrical Engineering (Adaptronic) student at Riga Technical University, having enrolled in July 2024. He died on June 4, 2025, after what Latvian authorities initially described as a fall from the sixth floor of his apartment building on Baznicas Street in Riga.
However, the family has strongly disputed the account, citing a voice note Nana Agyei sent three days before his death in which he claimed he had been poisoned.
A family spokesperson, Sarah Nimli, said the family doubts the suicide narrative and raised concerns about the initial handling of the case by Latvian authorities. Frustrated by the lack of transparency, the family later sent a relative to Latvia to seek clarity, supported by a representative from the Ghanaian Embassy in Berlin.
