{"id":20705,"date":"2011-12-24T07:24:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T07:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/famous-black-stars-supporter-bayawa-dies\/"},"modified":"2011-12-24T07:24:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T07:24:26","slug":"famous-black-stars-supporter-bayawa-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/famous-black-stars-supporter-bayawa-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Black Stars Supporter \u2018bayawa\u2019 Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<p><span>Posted On Saturday, 24th December 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"45\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/famous-black-stars-supporter-bayawa-dies\/bayawa\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-101942\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101942\" title=\"Bayawa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/d643Bayawa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana football is mourning the death of popular Black Stars fan Adjei Abbas Oparaku, nicknamed \u2018Bayawa\u2019 at the age of 44.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He died on Wednesday 21 December at the Police Hospital in Accra after a short illness and was buried on Thursday at the Madina cemetery according to Islamic customs.<\/p>\n<p>Bayawa was one of the key members of the Ghana National Supporters Union (GHANSU).<\/p>\n<p>He has followed the Black Stars to tournaments including the two World Cup finals in 2006 and 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Bayawa has also been at several Africa Cup of Nations finals.<\/p>\n<p>He left behind three children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Posted On Saturday, 24th December 2011 Ghana football is mourning the death of popular Black Stars fan Adjei Abbas Oparaku, nicknamed \u2018Bayawa\u2019 at the age of 44.\u00a0 He died on Wednesday 21 December at the Police Hospital in Accra after a short illness and was buried on Thursday at the Madina cemetery according to Islamic customs. Bayawa was one of the key members of the Ghana National Supporters Union (GHANSU). He has followed the Black Stars to tournaments including the two World Cup finals in 2006 and 2008. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Famous Black Stars Supporter \u2018bayawa\u2019 Dies - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/24\/famous-black-stars-supporter-bayawa-dies\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Famous Black Stars Supporter \u2018bayawa\u2019 Dies - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Posted On Saturday, 24th December 2011 Ghana football is mourning the death of popular Black Stars fan Adjei Abbas Oparaku, nicknamed \u2018Bayawa\u2019 at the age of 44.\u00a0 He died on Wednesday 21 December at the Police Hospital in Accra after a short illness and was buried on Thursday at the Madina cemetery according to Islamic customs. 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