President of the National Paralympic Committee – Ghana, Samson Deen, has categorically denied appending his signature to clear a group of Ghanaian para-athletes to travel to Norway to represent the nation in this year’s Bergren Marathon.
He said this while addressing the controversy brewing over the death of an alleged member of the 11-member team that allegedly represented Ghana at the aforementioned marathon in Oslo, Norway.
A Ministry of National Security letter addressed to the Ministry of Youth and Sports and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration dated July 3 stated that a para-athlete, Nana Antwi, had been apprehended by Norwegian security officials.
However, Samson Deen denied knowledge of the individuals captured in the letter and went on to state that his signature was forged in the visa application letter used by the alleged Ghanaian representatives.
“We want to make things clear that the Ghana Paralympic Team has not applied for a visa, never has anybody, never has the NPC-Ghana, never have I signed any letter for and on behalf of the Ghana Paralympic Team and never have we or any of our assigns or officers of the Ghana Paralympic Team or the NPC-Ghana have applied for a visa at the Norwegian Embassy. What you have seen in the media is a forged letter.”
“I want to appeal to the people of Ghana that the pictures, the stories that are going viral have nothing to do with any member or anyone they see in the picture, none of them are involved, or have or are associated to these people. The letters that were sent with my signature on them were forged,” he stated.
By: Yaw Adjei-Mintah
