Alleged murder of Ghanaian student in Latvia: Fact-finding mission presents preliminary report to Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that the fact-finding mission has presented a preliminary report on the alleged murder of Ghanaian student, Nana Agyei, in Latvia, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He says the Ministry has received confirmation from Latvian authorities that investigations into the circumstances leading to the death of Nana Agyei have not been concluded. To that end, he announced plans to travel Latvia to hold talks with my counterpart and engage investigators.

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, the family has strongly disputed this account, citing a disturbing voice note Nana Agyei sent just three days prior to his death—in which he claimed to have been poisoned.

In a Facebook post on Monday December 22, Mr Ablakwa said that “I invited the family of the late Nana Agyei Ahyia to a meeting at the Foreign Ministry earlier today. After directly conveying my deepest condolences, I briefed the family on interventions carried out by the Ministry following the tragic loss of Nana Agyei which include:

1) Promptly dispatching a fact-finding mission from our embassy in Germany having regard of their concurrent accreditation to Latvia;

2) The fact-finding mission has presented a preliminary report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

3) Confirmation by Latvian authorities that investigations into the circumstances leading to the death of Nana Agyei have not been concluded;

4) My formal notification to the Latvian government of my decision to travel to Latvia to hold talks with my counterpart and engage investigators;

5) That my imminent delegation to Latvia will include representatives of the family of Nana Agyei Ahyia; and

6) Government of Ghana will engage independent experts to analyze all investigative reports, particularly the expected final report from the Latvian authorities to inform our next steps in the interest of justice.