{"id":26915,"date":"2014-06-24T07:31:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T07:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=26915"},"modified":"2014-06-24T09:02:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T09:02:31","slug":"jackie-appiah-and-others-stranded-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/jackie-appiah-and-others-stranded-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Appiah, and others stranded in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian entertainment icons\u00a0were among hundreds of\u00a0Ghana soccer fans who got stranded\u00a0at Forteleza Airport on Saturday evening, after the pulsating 2-2 Ghana-Germany match at Forteleza.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Appiah, Jon Dumelo, Gyedu Blay Ambolley, reportedly slept on bare floor at the airport\u00a0because there was no flight to take them back to Natal.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the World Cup committee responsible for their care could not be traced.\u00a0Due to this mishap, the soccer fans had to sleep on empty stomachs at the airport after the Ghana-Germany game until the next day.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana fans slept like refugees at the busy airport in the full glare of other nationals. There were\u00a0threats\u00a0to deal ruthlessly with the committee respon\u00adsible for their appalling situation when they touch down at their home base in Natal. The fans made deafening noise to display their anger until they were flown back to their Natal base on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Attacks<\/p>\n<p>It took the intervention of some stoutly built men, who\u00a0prevented the charged fans from manhandling the com\u00admittee members at the Mardunas Hotel. They\u00a0have had enough of the poor treatment since their arrival in Brazil for the World Cup, the fans complained.<\/p>\n<p>At the Mardunas Hotel on Sunday morn\u00ading, they held placards with inscriptions that they wanted to return to Ghana.\u00a0Some of the fans, wearing red bands, pas\u00adsionately appealed to President Mahama to fly them back home to save them from hard\u00adship.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"bookmark2\"><\/a>Stranded<\/p>\n<p>While some fans were angry because of the difficulties in moving from the Natal airport to their home base in Mardunas Hotel, several others were also stranded at the Natal airport Saturday afternoon hoping to travel to \u00a0Forteleza to watch the Ghana-Germany game.<\/p>\n<p>These fans were loaded in buses from the Mardunas Hotel to the airport with a promise of being flown to watch the match.They however had the shock of their lives when they were left at the airport since there was limited space in the aircraft.\u00a0Music star Becca was said to be among the unfortunate fans who\u00a0could not get a flight and was stranded at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>After creating\u00a0chaotic scenes at the busy airport,\u00a0Brazilian authorities chattered buses to send them back to the Ghana village where they watched the game in their rooms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: \u00a0Daily Guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian entertainment icons\u00a0were among hundreds of\u00a0Ghana soccer fans who got stranded\u00a0at Forteleza Airport on Saturday evening, after the pulsating 2-2 Ghana-Germany match at Forteleza. 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