Nana Yaw Kyere (known as Terry Dinero)

Nana Yaw Kyere, known to friends, family and fellow traders as Terry or Dinero, was a mobile phone dealer who worked in the busy commercial district around Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, Ghana. <cite index="4-1,4-2">He was a familiar face in the Circle phone-trading community and colleagues have described him as a lively, sociable person whose presence was hard to ignore.</cite> Beyond that trading community, he was not a nationally known public figure until the days before his death, when his disappearance and then his killing turned his name into one of the most closely followed news stories in Ghana. His exact age has not been reliably reported in credible coverage, and no details of a spouse, partner or children have been confirmed in reputable sources.

<cite index="2-1">Kyere travelled to Teshie on Sunday, September 20, 2026, for what was described as a phone deal</cite>, and separate reports indicated he had gone there to meet a woman he had been in contact with online. <cite index="2-2">Before contact was lost, he sent a WhatsApp message to a close friend warning that he had been set up, along with a photo and his location</cite>, and that message was later deleted from the conversation. <cite index="9-1">Concerns grew after unusual WhatsApp messages were sent from his phone to a friend, indicating that he had allegedly been set up by the lady in a room in Teshie</cite>, and <cite index="5-1">his colleague grew suspicious not because of what was said, but how, since Kyere habitually addressed him as bro but the messages that followed used boy instead</cite>. A further message from his phone reportedly claimed, hours later, that he had been released.

For several days the case remained a missing person appeal, with his family and colleagues publicly asking for help finding him. That changed on Thursday, September 24, 2026, when his family confirmed the worst. <cite index="5-2">A family statement said it was with profound sadness that they shared that, after his disappearance, Nana Yaw Kyere had been found, and that regrettably he was not found alive.</cite> <cite index="3-2">A family member confirmed that his body was discovered on the morning of Thursday, 24 September 2026, days after news of his disappearance broke, and there were indications that an attempt had been made to set the body on fire before it was found buried, though the effort reportedly failed.</cite>

<cite index="7-1">Police arrested two suspects, including a woman and a man alleged to have posed as a soldier, in connection with the death</cite>, while other reports put the number of people held at three. <cite index="2-3">Three suspects were arrested, and Terry's Honda Civic was recovered as police investigations into his death continue.</cite> <cite index="3-3">Kyere had reportedly travelled to Teshie to visit the arrested woman at her residence before his disappearance.</cite> <cite index="7-2">The case is being handled by the Manet Police Station, while the suspects are being held at the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit, and the body was taken to the Police Hospital for autopsy.</cite> As of this writing, no cause of death has been officially released, and the investigation is continuing.

The news of his death moved quickly through Ghanaian media and social platforms, prompting grief and anger among people who had followed his disappearance. <cite index="6-1">Friends and colleagues gathered for a candlelight vigil on Saturday, September 26, 2026, with mourners dressed in black coming together to honour his memory.</cite> <cite index="6-2">His sudden death under the reported circumstances left friends and colleagues shaken, prompting widespread calls for a thorough investigation into what happened.</cite> No date for a funeral had been announced at the time of writing.