A bogus Para Athletes team from Ghana fled to other Schengen countries after landing in Norway earlier this year to prepare for the Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon.
An 11-member team failed to register for and compete in the competition scheduled for late April in Norway. According to a document issued by the National Security Authority, a member of the team was arrested and held by Norwegian security officers in late April after attempting to leave for Sweden.
In the document, it was also revealed that George Gyamfi Gyasi, the team coach collapsed and was admitted to the Oslo University hospital and subsequently died on May 17, 2024.
The Norwegian embassy in Accra, “has issued alerts to other Schengen and West Diplomatic Missions in Accra to help apprehend and repatriate the team members.”
The search for the team members is currently ongoing.
Meanwhile, the National Paralympic Committee has disassociated themselves from the above group of people and suspended Mr Theodore Mawuli Viwotor, Mr Ernest Yaw Ayisi and Enestay Foundation indefinitely for their involvement in the matter.
