According
to
reports,
the
four
family
members
who
were
sent
to
retrieve
the
body
of
the
Paralympic
coach
who
died
in
Norway
have
also
absconded
after
touching
down
in
the
European
country.
This
was
disclosed
by
the
president
of
the
National
Paralympic
Committee,
Samson
Deen
while
speaking
on
the
Asaase
Breakfast
Show.
The
National
Paralympic
Committee
(NPC)
has
come
under
strong
criticism
after
some
para-athletes
who
travelled
for
the
Fjordkraft
Bergen
City
Marathon
eloped
after
touching
down
in
Oslo.
A
statement
from
the
Ministry
of
National
Security
said
11
athletes
were
supposed
to
show
up
for
the
marathon
but
failed
to
even
register
for
the
competition.
A
member
of
the
contingent
was
arrested
trying
to
enter
Sweden,
while
the
team’s
coach,
George
Gyamfi
Gyasi,
also
died
at
a
hospital
after
collapsing.
While
the
president
of
the
Paralympic
Committee
has
described
the
para-team
as
imposters,
he
further
revealed
that
relatives
of
the
deceased
coach
who
were
sent
to
bring
his
corpse
back
to
Ghana
have
also
absconded
after
landing
in
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,”
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,
the
Paralympic
Committee
has
reported
the
matter
to
the
police,
with
investigations
into
the
scandal
ongoing.