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But responding to the allegations, Ayisi, who is the founder of the Ernestay Foundation, said he never signed any letter for the para-athletes and suggested that he’d have taken his family members to Norway if he had the power to convince the embassy.
He further revealed that he didn’t sign any letter to aid in their visa acquisition while naming Theodore Mawuli Viwotor and Ernest Ayisi as the persons responsible for forging his signature.
Ernest Ayisi, one of the persons accused of forging signatures to aid the visa applications of theGhanaian para-athletes who abscondedafter travelling to Norway, has denied his involvement in the scandal.
Reacting to this, the president of the Paralympic Committee, Samson Deen, said he didn’t know anything about the team’s travel to Norway.
Atongo [a member of the team] said he could get a letter [from NPC], which I did not see until they were about to travel,”he told Asempa FM, as quoted by Joy Sports.
"Deen [President of NPC] called me and Theo [former Secretary General of the Ghana Paralympic Football Association] on a conference call where we explained what happened and that Atongo had travelled with the team.
A member of the contingent was arrested trying to enter Sweden, while the team's coach, George Gyamfi Gyasi, also died at a hospital after collapsing..
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