{"id":400765,"date":"2017-07-13T13:41:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/13\/nii-lante-vanderpye-saddened-by-kotoko-accident\/"},"modified":"2017-07-13T13:41:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:41:12","slug":"nii-lante-vanderpye-saddened-by-kotoko-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/13\/nii-lante-vanderpye-saddened-by-kotoko-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Nii Lante Vanderpye saddened by Kotoko accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 13 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>sportsobama.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/57531545.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nii Lante Vanderpuye 800x4452\" title=\"Nii Lante Vanderpuye 800x4452\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Nii Lante Vanderpye<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499953272_457_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former sports minister Nii Lante Vanderpye \u2018devastated\u2019 by Kotoko bus accident<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nin Ghana Leagues, Home, Local News<\/p>\n<p>Former Youth and Sports minister, Hon Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye has offered support for troubled Kumasi Asante Kotoko, and expressed his condolences to the bereaved family of the club\u2019s deceased equipment officer.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by the Odododiodio MP, he said he has been devastated by the manner of the accident, especially as he had made \u201cserious attempts as a minister to secure more reliable and safety means of transport for football clubs in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian giants were befallen by calamity after the team bus of the Porcupine Warriors had an accident in Nkawkaw en route to Kumasi following a league game in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The bus, which was carrying 35 players and team officials, crashed into a stationary truck while the team was heading to Kumasi after a league game against Inter Allies.<\/p>\n<p>Some unconfirmed social media reports suggested Kotoko\u2019s equipment officer, Thomas Obeng Asare, lost his life in the accident.<\/p>\n<p><b>FULL STATEMENT BY HON EDWIN NII LANTE VANDERPUYE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>My sincerest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and also God\u2019s healing mercies and speedy recovery to all those who sustained injuries in this unfortunate accident.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nI am devastated by this news because of the serious attempts I initiated as a Minister to secure a more reliable and assured means of transportation for our clubs and teams.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMy prayers are with the owner of Asante Kotoko, the Management, Technical Staff, the players and the entire family of the Porcupine Warriors. 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Former sports minister Nii Lante Vanderpye \u2018devastated\u2019 by Kotoko bus accident&#13; in Ghana Leagues, Home, Local News Former Youth and Sports minister, Hon Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye has offered support for troubled Kumasi Asante Kotoko, and expressed his condolences to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":400766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nii Lante Vanderpye saddened by Kotoko accident - 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\/2017\/07\/13\/nii-lante-vanderpye-saddened-by-kotoko-accident\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nii Lante Vanderpye saddened by Kotoko accident - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sports News of Thursday, 13 July 2017 Source: sportsobama.com 2017-07-13 Nii Lante Vanderpye &#013; 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