Social Trends: Ghana’s Fake Paralympians Vanish in Norway

A group of individuals claiming to be Ghana’s Paralympic team arrived in Oslo, Norway, but disappeared shortly after.

Reports indicate that they did not register for the Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon and have since absconded to other Schengen states.

First of all, the team in Norway is a FAKE Ghana Para Team. The names being mentioned as leaders are past executives of the committee.

There are about five different teams calling themselves Ghana Para Team despite not recognized by government.

Having worked as a member of LOC…

— Saddick Adams (@SaddickAdams) July 20, 2024

The National Paralympic Committee of Ghana and its president, Samson Deen, have denied any involvement of official team members, stating that the documents and signatures were forged.

🚨 A full team of Paralympians has absconded — and one is even dead in Oslo — after getting visas to compete as Team Ghana in Norway.

Here is the Ghana Paralympic C’ttee saying the said team are impersonators; all docs & signatures were forged. 🤯pic.twitter.com/jXwEMD5Uhw

— Gary Al-Smith (@garyalsmith) July 20, 2024

The situation has raised concerns over the legitimacy of the group’s claims, with the Norwegian embassy seeking assistance to locate the members.

A Ghana Paralympic Team arrived in Norway for a competition in April and absconded. One has died, another arrested, and nine are on the run. pic.twitter.com/cbZSddsOnl

— Muftawu Nabila Abdulai (@Muftawu_Nabila) July 20, 2024