{"id":339500,"date":"2011-03-26T07:59:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T07:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/26\/ghanaian-journalist-gatusso-arrested-on-arrival-in-congo-for-match\/"},"modified":"2011-03-26T07:59:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T07:59:06","slug":"ghanaian-journalist-gatusso-arrested-on-arrival-in-congo-for-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/ghanaian-journalist-gatusso-arrested-on-arrival-in-congo-for-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian Journalist Gatusso Arrested On Arrival In Congo For Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"72\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/8ad1f69dgatusso.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25854\" title=\"Ghana journalist Gatusso arrested on arrival in Congo for match\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/8ad1f69dgatusso.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Ghanaian sports journalist Gideon \u2018Gatusso\u2019 Okyere Anim was arrested and bundled into a hot, humid, smelly cell in Congo on arrival to report on Sunday\u2019s crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian sports journalist Gideon \u2018Gatusso\u2019 Okyere Anim was arrested in Congo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ghanaian sports journalist Gideon \u2018Gatusso\u2019 Okyere Anim was arrested and bundled into a hot, humid, smelly cell in Congo on arrival to report on Sunday\u2019s crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two other Black Stars supporters only known as Benedict and Owuraku suffered a similar fate when they arrived in Brazzaville on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Armed with a letter from the Ghana Football Association the Asempa FM journalist was expecting a visa on arrival at the Maya-Maya airport.<\/p>\n<p>Like the other two Ghana fans they were expecting to be given visas on arrival as they were informed before departure from Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Without even examining the documents they had, the French speaking officials led the Ghanaians into a cell where some 50 other people were held without toilet facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were put in a cell that was already holding about 50 guys who had urinated in bottles in the cell and had not washed for several days,\u201d Anim told GHANAsoccernet.com said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey failed to even read the letters we had from Ghana pointing that we would be given visas on arrival. It was terrible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were suffocating. It was a hot, humid, smelly cell with graffiti and blood on the walls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe felt really intimidated so we started banging on the doors loudly for hours before seniors officers came to release us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaians travelling to Brazzaville for the game must be warned that they will be asked to pay 20 Euros as visa fee.<\/p>\n<p>They will also pay money to take injections even if they have yellow card.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/8ad1f69dgatusso.jpg-150x135.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/ghanaian-journalist-gatusso-arrested-on-arrival-in-congo-for-match\/\" title=\"Ghanaian Journalist Gatusso Arrested On Arrival In Congo For Match\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghanaian Journalist Gatusso Arrested On Arrival In Congo For Match<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Ghanaian sports journalist Gideon \u2018Gatusso\u2019 Okyere Anim was arrested in Congo Ghanaian sports journalist Gideon \u2018Gatusso\u2019 Okyere Anim was arrested and bundled into a hot, humid, smelly cell in Congo on arrival to report on Sunday\u2019s crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Two other Black Stars supporters only known as Benedict and Owuraku suffered a similar fate when they arrived in Brazzaville on Friday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339500","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>Ghanaian Journalist Gatusso Arrested On Arrival In Congo For Match - 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\/03\/26\/ghanaian-journalist-gatusso-arrested-on-arrival-in-congo-for-match\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ghanaian Journalist Gatusso Arrested On Arrival In Congo For Match - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. 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