The President of the National Paralympic team, Samson Deen, has dismissed claims that some members of the team absconded upon their arrival in Oslo, Norway.

This follows a report from National Security Minister Albert Kan Dapaah, which was addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The report mentioned that Nana Antwi, a team member, was detained by Norwegian security officials in late April after attempting to leave Norway for Sweden.

The 11-member team missed a competition in Norway in late April.

In an interview with GHOne TV, Samson Deen refuted these claims, asserting that no team member engaged in such behavior and that the individuals involved are not part of the team.

“I am appealing to Ghanaians and want to make things clear that the Ghana Paralympic Team has not applied for a visa. Never has the NPC Ghana, never have I signed any letter for and on behalf of the Ghana Paralympic team, never have any of our assigns or officers of the Ghana Paralympic team applied for a visa at the Norwegian Embassy.

“What you have seen in the media is a forged letter by some group of people who are into disability sports development, Ernestay Disability and Sports Foundation. Ernestay is a person with disability, an amputee who engaged himself with forgery of documents with a former Ghana Amputee Football Association Secretary General, Theodore Mawuli Viwortor, who has since been suspended by the MPC Ghana on the 18th of July,” Samson Deen disclosed.

He continued: “I want to appeal to the people of Ghana that the pictures, images, and stories that are going viral have nothing to do with any member of the Ghana Paralympic Team. The letters that were sent with my signature were forged by these guys – Ernest Ayisi and Mawuli Viwortor – who fraudulently used my documents to acquire visas for some people who are unknown to the Paralympic family.”