Kotoko Release Statement on 2017 Team Bus Accident Victims : The management of Asante Kotoko says the cub has started taking steps to address the grievances of the various victims of the 2017 team bus accident of the Porcupine Warriors and this is after the incapacitated former goalkeepers coach of the club Sampson Appiah went public seeking for financial help.
“Management have taken notice of disappointment pouring out in respect of lack of support for the victims of the accident which occurred in 2017.
Upon assuming office in 2020,Management and the Board sought to help find a solution to deal with this matter without success.
Management shall engage the Board again on the matter.
In anticipation of approval from the Board, we have started engaging representatives of the victims and will come out with a short to medium term plan to alleviate their situation in the coming days. Thank you.” , the Kotoko statement released on Sunday April 30th concluded.
Appiah revealed his struggles in an interview with Ghanaian journalist Dan Kwaku Yeboah.
“Well, it happened while working we went to play a game in Accra with Inter Allies and returning to Kumasi we had an accident. For me I had a few scratches on my face so I was not worried later on after two years then I started feeling pain in my waist.” , Appiah revealed.
“When I went to the hospital and the doctor told me to do a scan and he saw that my spinal cord has shifted.
He told me that if they had checked earlier they would have pushed it back. I wasn’t aware and that time to I didn’t know I was injured I thought I was safe,”
” Kotoko did not do anything for me because what I know is if you are working with someone and the person gets into an accident at least give the person some money to buy egg to bless his soul,”
Appiah continued :
“Because an accident in which someone died is not a small thing. Those that were on the bus we didn’t get anything all the money donated to the club he ( Dr. Kyei) did not give us anything. Nothing was given to us.
You can ask everybody. The Asantehene even formed a committee and they called us we thought something good will happen we didn’t hear anything. Nobody got anything.
The insurance too , we did not get anything. The insurance company told us it was a group insurance and not individual and that they have given everything to the club but got nothing”
It was my sibling who helped me to do my surgery and the Kotoko legends. But the club itself did nothing for me. No Kotoko management member or board member has even visited me.
It is only the Kotoko legends and Issah Najau and Ohene Brenya who have come here to visit me. I can’t even go out. If I will go out then I am either going to the gym or hospital. I am always home and I am really struggling financially. From here to Komfo Anokye I pay 50 Cedis in and out. Where do I get this money from.
The doctor transferred me to McKeown gym. One month I paid 2000 Cedis and they asked me to pay again. Where I’m going to get this money from.” , Sampson Appiah concluded.
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