Four individuals posing as relatives of a deceased “paralympic coach” have absconded in Norway after being sent to retrieve his body. This revelation was made by the president of the National Paralympic Committee (NPC), Samson Deen, during an interview on the Asaase Breakfast Show.
The NPC has been under heavy scrutiny following the disappearance of several para-athletes who traveled to Norway for the Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon. According to a statement from the Ministry of National Security, 11 athletes were supposed to participate in the marathon but failed to register for the competition.
Amidst the scandal, a member of the contingent was arrested while attempting to enter Sweden, and the team’s coach, George Gyamfi Gyasi, tragically passed away in a hospital after collapsing.
Samson Deen described the para-team as imposters and revealed that the so-called relatives of the deceased coach, who were sent to Norway to bring his body back to Ghana, have also disappeared upon arrival in the European country.
“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,” Deen stated, as quoted by Asaaseradio.com.
“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,” he added.
The NPC has reported the incident to the police, and investigations into the scandal are ongoing.