Relatives sent to bring corpse of dead Paralympic coach ran away- NPC Prez

By Lukman MUMIN, Accra

The president of the National Paralympic Committee, Samson Deen, has stated that the four persons who absconded in the Norway visa scandal were family members of the dead coach.

Coach George Gyamfi Gyasi died after collapsing following the team’s arrival in Norway while another person was arrested.

According to Mr Deen, four relatives of the coach were sent to bring back his body but they have also disappeared.

“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,” Samson Deen is quoted as saying 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.”

Meanwhile, there are calls from the public for the matter to be investigated despite the NPC boss claiming his outfit’s innocence.