{"id":318464,"date":"2017-05-12T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=318464"},"modified":"2017-05-12T06:00:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T06:00:45","slug":"im-saddened-by-christopher-opokus-demise-herbert-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/im-saddened-by-christopher-opokus-demise-herbert-mensah\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m saddened by Christopher Opoku\u2019s demise \u2013 Herbert Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cI am deeply sad by the death of Christopher Opoku,\u201d Herbert Mensah, President of Ghana Rugby has said with a trembling voice after hearing about the demise of the celebrated sports presenter.<\/p>\n
Having worked with Christopher Opoku on different levels, he recalled how the two on several occasions disagreed and agreed on a number of issues.<\/p>\n
Mr. Mensah who was once the Chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC, reckoned that Chris\u2019 death \u201cis something really terrible\u201d for the sporting fraternity.<\/p>\n
\u201cChris and I both share the sense of taking on what is wrong, because what is wrong is wrong and what is right is right\u2026I charged him to come forward and find people like him to help change the face of sports and indeed even politics in the country,\u201d Herbert Mensah stated.<\/p>\n
He recalled meeting Chris and the wife about eight months ago where they discussed the future and \u201cinevitability of now and I tried to provide comfort for him because he was a great person.\u201d<\/p>\n