{"id":212896,"date":"2016-05-09T10:58:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T10:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=212896"},"modified":"2016-05-09T10:58:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T10:58:56","slug":"ghana-to-mark-15th-anniversary-of-may-9-disaster-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=212896","title":{"rendered":"Ghana to mark 15th anniversary of May 9 disaster today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Youth and Sports Nii Lante Vanderpuye will today oversee a wreath laying ceremony at the Accra Sports Stadium to mark the 15th anniversary of the May 9 disaster.<\/p>\n<p>A rival league match between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko claimed the lives of 127 supporters following a disagreement over a refereeing decision.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-212900 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/me.jpg\" alt=\"me\" width=\"544\" height=\"408\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To register their displeasure fans threw chairs,bottles of water and other missiles unto the pitch,this prompted the firing of tear gas by the police in an attempt to disperse the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>In a frantic bid to head for the exit fans trampled over each other resulting in the death of 127 individuals and the injuring of many others.<\/p>\n<p>Tagged Black Wednesday it represents the darkest day in Ghanaian football history. The ceremony will take place at the May 9 memorial and representatives of both Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko are scheduled to attend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-212898 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gore.jpg\" alt=\"gore\" width=\"562\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A number of stakeholders within the sports fraternity including the Referees Association of Ghana, Ghalca,the Ghana Football Association and a number of supporter groups will participate in a seminar dubbed \u201cRules of Soccer\u201d with the aim to impart knowledge on what constitutes appropriate behaviour during matches and places that attract large crowds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By:Benjamin Nketsia\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Youth and Sports Nii Lante Vanderpuye will today oversee a wreath laying ceremony at the Accra Sports Stadium to mark the 15th anniversary of the May 9 disaster. A rival league match between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko claimed the lives of 127 supporters following a disagreement over a refereeing decision. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":212899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=212896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/212899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=212896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=212896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=212896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}