The family of former Ghana U-17 football legend Kofi Nimo is in distress as the Ridge Hospital has reportedly withheld his body due to unpaid medical bills.

Kofi Nimo, who was part of the historic Black Starlets squad that won Ghana’s first FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1991, passed away on September 3, 2025, at the age of 51, after battling illness for several months.

According to his family, efforts to retrieve his remains for burial have been unsuccessful because they are unable to settle the hospital bills accrued during his admission.