{"id":336125,"date":"2017-07-13T11:30:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T11:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=336125"},"modified":"2017-07-13T11:30:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T11:30:58","slug":"nana-addo-mahama-others-commiserate-with-kotoko-after-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/nana-addo-mahama-others-commiserate-with-kotoko-after-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo, Mahama, others commiserate with Kotoko after crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Akufo-Addo has said he is saddened by last night’s [Wednesday] fatal motor crash involving the Kumasi Asante Kotoko team that has left one person dead<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n He has also wished the injured who are still receiving medical attention a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The President conveyed these sentiments in a tweet on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n Former President John Mahama also joined other Ghanaians to commiserate with Kumasi Asante Kotoko<\/strong><\/a><\/span> after the fatal accident on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n John Mahama, who is a fan of Division 1 side, Real Tamale United (RTU) posted on his Facebook timeline that, \u201cLet’s remember Asante Kotoko S.C. in our prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The team\u2019s bus ran into a stationary KIA truck close to Nsawam in the Eastern Region, \u00a0leaving all passengers on board with various degrees of injury and one person dead.<\/p>\n After news of the incident broke, many have taken to various social media platforms to commiserate with the team which was returning to their base in Kumasi from Accra after a Premier League game.<\/p>\n Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan posted via his Twitter handle that his thoughts and prayers were with the management of the team.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMy thoughts and prayers are with the management, playing body and the supporters of Kumasi Asante Kotoko on this fatal accident,\u201d he tweeted few hours after the incident.<\/p>\n Archrivals of Kumasi Asante Kotoko SC, Accra Hearts of Oak also in a tweet said, \u201cPlease, please, please, GOD! Do not let this news we are hearing about our brothers Asante Kotoko be true. #PrayForKotoko<\/a>. #TogetherWeStand<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It also said, \u201cWe are extremely sullen and crestfallen to learn about this tragedy. Our prayers are with you. #Pray4Kotoko<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n They also changed the name of their account to #PrayforKotoko.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Akufo-Addo has said he is saddened by last night’s [Wednesday] fatal motor crash involving the Kumasi Asante Kotoko team that has left one person dead. He has also wished the injured who are still receiving medical attention a speedy recovery. The President conveyed these sentiments in a tweet on Thursday morning. Former President John […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":135096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[3,128,9223,5473],"yoast_head":"\n