The President of the National Paralympic team, Samson Deen, has refuted reports that some members of the team absconded upon their arrival in Oslo, Norway.
A document issued by the National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, and addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs revealed that members of the team absconded to other Schengen states following their arrival in the European country.
The team of 11 persons failed to register and participate in a competition that was held in late April in Norway.
The document further disclosed that Nana Antwi, a member of the team, was earlier arrested and detained in late April by Norwegian security officials after attempting to exit Norway to Sweden.
The document further disclosed that George Gyamfi Gyasi, the team coach, collapsed and was admitted to Oslo University Hospital but later died on May 17, 2024.
However, the President of the National Paralympic team, Samson Deen, in an interview with GHOne TV, stated that no member of the team has been involved in such shameful acts, emphasizing that the said persons are alien to the team.
He said the letter bearing his name used in applying for a Norwegian visa was forged.
“I am appealing to Ghanaians and want to make things clear that the Ghana Paralympic Team has not applied for a visa. Never has the NPC Ghana, never have I signed any letter for and on behalf of the Ghana Paralympic team, never have any of our assigns or officers of the Ghana Paralympic team applied for a visa at the Norwegian Embassy. What you have seen in the media is a forged letter by some group of people who are into disability sports development, Ernestay Disability and Sports Foundation. Ernestay is a person with disability, an amputee who engaged himself with forgery of documents with a former Ghana Amputee Football Association Secretary General, Theodore Mawuli Viwortor, who has since been suspended by the MPC Ghana on the 18th of July.”
Samson Deen added: “I want to appeal to the people of Ghana that the pictures, images, and stories that are going viral have nothing to do with any member of the Ghana Paralympic Team. The letters that were sent with my signature were forged by these guys – Ernest Ayisi and Mawuli Viwortor – who fraudulently used my documents to acquire visas for some people who are unknown to the Paralympic family.”
Source: Kasapafmonline.com
