It has come to light that four people, acting as family members, who were sent to retrieve the coach’s body from the “fake paralympic team” that travelled to Norway, have also vanished after landing in the nation in Europe.
The National Paralympic Committee president, Samson Deen, revealed this during an appearance on the Asaase Breakfast Show.
Following the separation of a few para-athletes who were travelling for the Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon, the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) has been heavily criticised.
According to a statement from the Ministry of National Security, eleven competitors did not even register for the marathon, despite being expected to participate.
The team’s coach, George Gyamfi Gyasi, passed away in a hospital after collapsing, while one of the contingent members was detained while attempting to enter Sweden.
Although the head of the Paralympic Committee called the para-team fakes, he also disclosed that the deceased’s family members, who were supposed to return his body to Ghana, had fled Norway.
“If you look at the first application, it was six or seven people they applied for initially. They were denied visas, they got the letters they wanted subsequently forged, but upon arrival, they absconded, and one died,” He said
“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.”
Meanwhile, the Paralympic Committee has reported the matter to the police, with investigations into the scandal ongoing.
