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Four relatives sent to Norway to retrieve the body of a deceased para-athlete have also absconded upon arrival in the country. This was revealed by Samson Deen, President of the National Paralympic Committee (NPC), during an interview on the Asaase Breakfast Show.
The NPC has faced criticism following the disappearance of some para-athletes who traveled to Oslo for the Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon but failed to register for the event. According to the Ministry of National Security, 11 athletes were expected to participate, but none registered, with one arrested trying to enter Sweden and the team’s coach, George Gyamfi Gyasi, dying in a hospital after collapsing.
Samson Deen described the para-team as imposters and disclosed that relatives of the deceased coach, sent to bring his body back to Ghana, also absconded upon landing in Norway.
“They subsequently wrote to the Norwegian embassy again and requested to send the families of the one who died. The people went, they couldn’t bring the corpse. The four also absconded, these guys are known. They’ve been identified,” Deen stated.
The NPC has reported the incident to the police, and investigations are ongoing.
