Mohammed Harmis Huzair, the general secretary of the Ghana Amputee Football Association, is pleading with Ghana’s authorities to intervene against a group identifying itself as the “Ghana Paralympic Team” after they vanished in Oslo, Norway.
His comments come after a group of Paralympic competitors from Ghana vanished from the Fjordkraft Bergen Marathon in Norway.
Harmis agrees with the Ministry’s announcement that the group posing as Ghana’s Paralympic team will face severe disciplinary action.
“It is a marvel when we heard that our letterhead; even though we’ve stopped using that letterhead. So, it came as a surprise to us that we have issued a letter to the Norwegian Embassy requesting visas for athletes in preparation towards the para games in Paris. Meanwhile, amputee football is not one of the disciplines.
“Moving forward, this has to do with a bit of criminology and therefore we think that the appropriate authorities must come on board to investigate the issues for a conclusion. We also must make sure that anyone found culpable must face the full rigours of the law,” he stated.
On April 25, 2024, an 11-person Ghanaian team that was supposed to participate in the marathon landed in Oslo, but they did not show up. After they failed to materialize, a search was launched. A para-athlete and team member named Nana Antwi was arrested during this time while attempting to take a train from Norway to Sweden.
Samson Deen, the president of the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana, disputes any connection to the team.
