Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, the executive director of the Crime Check Foundation, has stated that he has been informed that Christian Atsu left his flat before the earthquake struck.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023, left Christian Atsu and Taner Savut, the technical director of his Hatayspor team, both missing.

Only a pair of Christian Atsu's shoes were discovered at the residence, according to his agent Nana Sechere, who accompanied a rescue team to the scene in search of his player. Christian Atsu was nowhere to be seen.

Providing his own update, Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng who has been working with Christian Atsu over the years, stated that he has been told the player left the apartment minutes before the earthquake hit his building.

"I have been briefed by the club that he was not in the building. He run to the parking garage to get his car out and it was during that period that the Renaissance building totally collapsed and that happened 20 minutes after he left the apartment."

"Our brother was not in the building, he went out before the building collapsed. But I can't confirm whether he will able to leave the parking garage with his car or not," he added in his update on Crime Check's YouTube page sighted by GhanaWeb.