It appears that there is a lack of consensus between the maternal and paternal sides of the late Ghanaian footballer, Raphael Dwamena, regarding matters surrounding his unfortunate passing and subsequent issues.
During a Peace FM interview on Monday, November 13, 2023, the father of the late striker, Patrick Amoako Sefa, shared the details of how he was informed about his son’s demise.
He emphasised the family’s ongoing communication with the Ghanaian wife of the late 28-year-old striker and the role she played in the family’s efforts to repatriate the body for burial and funeral rites.
While seeking assistance from the Ghana Football Association to facilitate the transportation of the body from Albania to Ghana, Patrick Amoako Sefa revealed that the wife served as the primary contact between the family and the Albanian authorities.
“We’ve spoken to his wife and she indicated that they were making provisions to secure a flight to bring the body to Ghana. We need help to bring the body to Ghana. We are appealing to the Ghana Football Association and all persons to help us bring the body to Ghana,” he said.
A day after Patrick Amoako Sefa, the father of late Ghanaian footballer Raphael Dwamena, shared his perspective, Dwamena’s mother, sister, and uncle appeared on Onua TV, offering an account of events that sharply contrasted with that of Dwamena’s father.
The purported uncle of Dwamena stated that attempts to establish contact with the wife had been unsuccessful.
He revealed that Dwamena’s sister tried calling the wife five times, but all calls went unanswered. According to him, the calls persisted until the wife allegedly turned off her phone, leaving them with no means of obtaining firsthand information from someone close to the player in Albania.
The supposed uncle, who claimed to have discovered that Dwamena was living with his wife in Albania after the unfortunate incident, mentioned that the player’s agent had become their liaison.
He further disclosed that the agent, whose name he withheld, had been providing the family with information about the developments surrounding the player’s demise.
“We only found out that his wife was staying with him after his death. This is because whenever we try to establish contact with her over the incident, she tells us she’s busy.
“When it happened, the sister claims she tried getting in touch with the wife but all five attempts were unsuccessful. She even switched the phone off. We were lucky to have heard from his manager, who is now our point of contact there,” he said on Onua TV.
The 28-year-old Ghanaian striker, Raphael Dwamena, passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2023, during an Albanian league match between his team Egnatia and Partizani.
Dwamena, who had a documented history of heart problems, collapsed on the field and succumbed while being transported to the hospital in an ambulance.