Nicholas Kumi Obeng, UEW Student Who Commited Su*cide Over Broken Heart, Goes Home

A University of Education, Winneba (UEW) student who committed su*cide over an alleged broken heart, Nicholas Kumi Obeng, was buried on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

Obeng was sent to his eternal glory after a funeral held in his hometown of Kwahu Obomeng. He was 22.

A video showing part of the funeral service surfaced online, showing people gathered at a park in the community as the event went on.

Some of the gathered people could be heard sobbing and mourning the passing of the promising young man.

The mourning could be heard intensifying as pallbearers came into view carrying the body of Kumi Obeng away for burial.

People filed behind the pallbearers as they carried the body to its last destination. Everyone could be heard crying at this point.

The video later showed the exact burial site with the grave waiting for the body. One relative could be seen sobbing and screaming in uncontrollable pain.

The wrenching video garnered numerous online reactions, with one reaction reading: “He loved the girl more than himself 😢😢😢😢,, Hhmm wat love can cost,”

Background

On April 17, 2025, reports emerged online that a Level 100 student at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Nicholas Kumi Obeng,, popularly known as Khon Void, reportedly committed suicide after he caught his girlfriend in the act of cheating.

According to a student publication, Khon Void was found hanging on the school premises, a day after he fainted when he found his girlfriend in bed with another man.

Obeng, an Art Education student affiliated with GUSSS Hall One, reportedly visited his girlfriend in GUSSS Hall Two but met a heart-rending scene of her in bed with another gentleman.

He reportedly fainted and was revived by people around, who sent him back to his hostel.

A day later, he was found dead, having ostensibly taken his own life.

Following the tragedy, new reports emerged from students on campus who alleged another motive for Obeng’s death.

They claimed that Obeng was extorting his girlfriend with some indecent photos of her he had in his possession, leading her to ‘organise’ a group of guys to attack Obeng.

He reportedly died following the attack, and the alleged perpetrators staged a suicide scene.

“They claim he committed suicide, but that’s not what happened. The girlfriend organised a ‘squad’ [to attack him]. He threatened her with her n*ked video so she hired some guys to attack him,” a student claiming to be ‘in the know’ said in a viral recording. “They killed him and hung him in the bathhouse [to seem like a suicide]”