{"id":1081270,"date":"2022-05-09T12:50:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T12:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/09\/herbert-mensah-and-kotoko-ceo-hold-walk-to-remember-may-9-victims\/"},"modified":"2022-05-09T12:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T12:50:13","slug":"herbert-mensah-and-kotoko-ceo-hold-walk-to-remember-may-9-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/09\/herbert-mensah-and-kotoko-ceo-hold-walk-to-remember-may-9-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbert Mensah and Kotoko CEO hold walk to remember May 9 victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"520\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-09-104517-696x520.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2022-05-09 104517\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Herbert Mensah and Chief Executive [CEO] of Asante Kotoko,\u00a0Nana Yaw Amponsah led thousands of people in a walk on Saturday to commemorate the May 9th disaster.<\/p>\n<p>The unfortunate incident claimed many lives, 21 years ago in the capital of Ghana.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"914\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-09-104309.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2112521\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Herbert Mensah and Nana Yaw Amponsah<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The May 9th disaster occurred on May 9, 2001, at the Accra Sports Stadium in Ghana, during a league match between Asante Kotoko and\u00a0Hearts of Oak.<\/p>\n<p>It claimed the lives of 126 people, making it one of the worst stadium disasters in African history.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The walk took place on Saturday morning, with participants walking through some principal streets of the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"913\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-09-104453.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2112523\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Countryman Songo<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the May 9 disaster happened, Herbert Mensah was the chairman of Asante Kotoko.<\/p>\n<p>He has led a commemorative walk since the incident, but this year he was joined by Nana Yaw Amponsah.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"913\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-09-104432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2112525\"  \/><figcaption><strong>David Obeng Nyarko<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Others who participated in the walk include: Patrick Osei Agyemang aka Countryman Songo, Nana Kwame Danquah, Communications Manager of Kotoko, David Obeng Nyarko and many others.<\/p>\n<p>Though the purpose of the walk is to remember the victims, they also preach against hooliganism at stadiums.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"914\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-09-104331.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2112526\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Several football fans joined the walk<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"EBVggHuHdy4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam Media Review On Adom TV (9-5-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EBVggHuHdy4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herbert Mensah and Chief Executive [CEO] of Asante Kotoko,\u00a0Nana Yaw Amponsah led thousands of people in a walk on Saturday to commemorate the May 9th disaster. 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