The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched an urgent investigation into the death of 21-year-old Ghanaian student Nana Adjei, who reportedly fell from the sixth floor of his apartment building in Riga, Latvia, on June 4, 2025.
Speaking on the matter, Foreign Minister and North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa described the video report of the incident as “heart-wrenching” and assured the public that the Ministry was acting swiftly.
“My attention has been drawn to a heart-wrenching video reporting the killing of a Ghanaian student by name Nana Adjei in Latvia,” Ablakwa said.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has commenced immediate investigations through relevant diplomatic channels.
“We shall provide the public with regular updates. It is worth reminding that nobody harms a Ghanaian in any part of the world and gets away with it. For God and Country.”
Nana Adjei, a first-year Electrical Engineering (Adaptronic) student at Riga Technical University, had enrolled in the institution in July 2024.
Latvian authorities have described his death as a fall; however, his family has strongly rejected that account, raising concerns about the circumstances surrounding the incident.
According to family spokesperson Sarah Nimli, three days prior to his death, Adjei sent a disturbing voice note claiming he had been poisoned.
“There’s no way he would commit suicide,” Nimli said. “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.”
In a bid to uncover the truth, the family dispatched a representative to Latvia.
The official was later joined by a representative from the Ghanaian Embassy in Berlin, which has oversight responsibility for Latvia, to engage with local authorities.
