According to Julius Kugor, head of the African community in Turkey, it is still unknown what happened to the Ghanaian football player Christian Atsu who was injured in the earthquake in Turkey.
Christian Atsu, who was purportedly saved on February 7, 2023, has not been spotted at any hospital in the country five days after the earthquake in Turkey.
Julius Kugor asserts that it is unknown if the Ghanaian player is still buried beneath the rubble because there has been no official notice of his appearance at any hospitals in the country.
Speaking in an interview, he said, “as we speak now, there is no information about the whereabouts of Christian. All the hospitals attending to victims of the disaster have not confirmed that they have Christian Atsu.”
Julius Kugor added, “we don’t know whether Christian Atsu is still under the rubble or he has been removed and sent to the hospital. We are all confused, including the ambassador. Even the president of Hatayspor is confused.”
He asserted that it took the search team three days to reach Hataya and that despite numerous trips to the disaster area in an effort to locate Atsu, nobody has been successful.
“According to eyewitnesses, it took three days before the rescue team went to the site where Atsu and the others were trapped. According to the report, there are still 750 people still under the building. The African community organized to go to the site and help but it took us a while to get there. The whole city of Hataya is gone,” he stated.
According to him, “as we speak, the fate of Christian Atsu is unknown. I’m on my way to meet the Ghanaian ambassador and club officials of Hatayspor, hopefully, there will be good news.”
