Black Stars Captain Asamoah Gyan and his brother, Baffour, have denied reports that they have used their musician friend, Castro, as a human sacrifice to enhance the footballer?s career.
They insist that as far as they are concerned, Castro and his lady friend, Janet, remain ?missing? and they cannot be blamed for the disappearance of the two adults.
Castro and Jane were reported missing on July 6 while cruising on the Volta Lake at Ada after they had gone there as part of Asmoah Gyan?s entourage which was holidaying and making merry at the place.
?Now, we take the opportunity to state without the slightest doubt in our minds that we are not ?blamable? for the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu. We had no hand in that occurrence. We have no moral or legal culpability whatsoever. None of us rode out into the open estuary with Castro and Janet Bandu. Castro rode out there on his own volition and none of us has the slightest idea as to what happened to them. We have only been ?guess-working? and conjecturing and making what appears to us to be intelligent deductions ? in light of the facts available to us, especially the fact that when they rode out on the jet ski Janet Bandu was not wearing a life jacket,? Kissi Agyabeng, lawyer for the Gyan brothers told a packed press conference in Accra yesterday.
Mr Agyabeng explained that since July 6, the Gyans have fully cooperated with the Ghana Police Service in investigating the whereabouts of Janet and Castro while some persons continue to spew irresponsible speculations that do nothing apart from adding salt to the injuries of the affected families.
?We have been silent not because we are concealing anything or that we do not feel the need to fully state what, from our reckoning, had happened in Ada. We have been silent because we did not want to interfere with police investigations; and recently, the levelling of assault charges against Baffour Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo sealed our mouths further. Now, we can come out openly because the police have stated their position and the assault charges against Baffour Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo have been dropped and they have been discharged. We will revisit this matter,? Lawyer Agyabeng added.
He continued: ?In our painful silence, we have been totally dismayed by the fact that the platform was provided for the peddling of these wild and ludicrous allegations and rumours against us. Those to whom the platform was provided offered no evidence whatsoever to back their statements. And indeed, the allegation of spiritual sacrifice can by no stretch of the imagination be propped up.
?The startling development has been the outburst of persons who should know better. Indeed, one such person has gone as far as to claim that he knows where Castro is being kept and that Asamoah Gyan also knows where Castro is being kept. He also made the unfortunate statement that we have bribed Castro?s family to keep silent over the matter. Castro?s father has publicly denied this. This is no way to treat grieving families and friends.
?If this person has knowledge of such wonderful information, we encourage him to report his findings immediately to the police. It will better serve the purpose of the families of Castro and Janet Bandu. If he has been unable to do this all this while, then his statements are, to put it charitably, mischievous or calculated to earn him very cheap popularity,? the lawyer noted.
The Gyans? press conference on Wednesday was attended by over 100 journalists, though a section of the media had threatened to boycott the event.
The platform was also used to address the supposed attack on Daniel Kenu, Ashanti Regional Editor of the Daily Graphic and the lawyer called for a truce between the Gyans and the Ghanaian media.
They apologised for the offensive conduct.
Police
The police administration last week downplayed calls to arrest Asamoah Gyan over the disappearance of Castro De Destroyer.
The police had come under attack from the public over their failure to arrest Asamoah Gyan as the ?prime suspect? with regard to the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu.
Janet Bandu?s father, retired Staff Sergeant Joe Bandu, had petitioned the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to arrest Asamoah Gyan, in respect of his missing daughter and Castro.
However, Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), DCOP Prosper K. Agblor said the police cannot arrest Asamoah Gyan for any offence.
He said, ?I have told you that they are assisting us; we don?t just rush to arrest; arrest him for what offence??
DCOP Agblor was however quick to add that the police will not hesitate to arrest Asamoah Gyan ?if there is the need to.?
?By Halifax Ansah-Addo (Twitter:@HalifaxAnsahAdd)
