Ghanaian international Christian Atsu has not been seen since the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey earlier this week, according to Hatayspor team doctor Gurbey Kahveci.
The 31-year-old was reportedly rescued from the rubble on February 6 after 26 hours, allaying Ghanaians’ concerns. The footballer was reportedly dragged out of the rubble alive with only minor injuries, and he was then rushed to the hospital, according to Turkish media.
Taner Savut, the club’s sporting director, as well as the player are still missing, according to Kahveci, the team doctor for the side Atsu represents.
“When we heard the news that “he was taken to Dortyol Hospital”, we especially went and looked, but it was not there. At the moment, we accept that [the sporting director] Taner Savut and Christian Atsu were not found, unfortunate,” he said.
The 31-year-old’s whereabouts remain unknown, but efforts are being made, according to Francisca Ashietey-Odunton, Ghana’s ambassador to Turkey, who talked to Joy Sports earlier on Wednesday morning.
“Yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here informed me that they wanted to confirm if Christian Atsu had been found and rescued, and sent to a medical centre. However, in all the confusion – which is understandable under the circumstances [as you are rescued you are put in an ambulance and sent to the hospital] – they are not sure yet which particular hospital or health facility he has been sent to,” she said.
“This morning again, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has assured me they are working feverishly to find out which facility he was sent to and will get back to me as soon as possible because I have been on them that I need to go and see him.
“I am in Ankara, the capital, which is [in] the middle of Turkey. The disaster occurred in the southernmost [of the country]. All the airports are closed [and] all the roads are closed. Nobody is being allowed except the rescue mission. So, what we can do as a mission, is to fall on the host Ministry, who has an obligation to let us know what happens to our compatriots.
“However, together with members of the Ghanaian community who live here and including some of them who were at the site of the disaster, we have been working hand-in-hand with them to get whatever information we can get not only about Christian Atsu but also about other Ghanaians.
“I am glad and thankful that apart from Christian Atsu, all the Ghanaians are accounted for. We didn’t have many in the area and most of them there were students. In the worse affected areas which are the; Adana, Marash provinces and Gazantiep we had students there. We have been in touch with them through members of the Ghanaian community and today I hope and our intention is to evacuate them to Ankara.”
Ghanaians are extremely concerned about the issue as frustration and fear over the 31-year-future old’s set in.
Mubarak Wakaso, a close friend and fellow Ghanaian international, also verified Wednesday morning that Atsu is now missing.
My developer is trying to convince me to move to .net from PHP. I have always disliked the idea because of the costs. But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using WordPress on various websites for about a year and am anxious about switching to another platform. I have heard good things about blogengine.net. Is there a way I can transfer all my wordpress posts into it? Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated!
Whats up very nice website!! Man .. Excellent .. Wonderful .. I’ll bookmark your blog and take the feeds also?KI am happy to seek out so many useful information here within the post, we’d like develop extra techniques on this regard, thanks for sharing. . . . . .