Chris Maduewesi
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Black Stars of Ghana skipper Asamoah Gyan has denied that he has a hand in the disappearance of rapper,Castro.
Gyan has been forced to come out and and issue a statement on reports making the rounds in Ghana that the footballer could have had a hand in the the events that led to Castro missing,or has possibly used him for rituals.
Castro,whose real name is Theophilus Tagoe, and his girlfriend, Janet Badu, both went missing over two months ago while using jet skis during a holiday with Gyan’s family at a resort in Ada, Ghana.
Initial reports had it that they drowned,but considering that no bodies were pulled out from the water,allegations started propping up that they were used as 'sacrifices'.
However,Gyan whose family called a press conference on Wednesday,denied having a hand in the disappearance of the pair.
A statement from the Gyan family, read out by lawyer Kissi Agyabeng, attacked the media for “wild allegations and rumours … ranging from the absurd – of the imputation of criminality to [Gyan] in the sense that he either murdered Castro or had him kidnapped – and ending with the ludicrous – that he sacrificed him spiritually to enhance his career.
“We have been silent while these wild allegations and rumours have been peddled in the media. 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.
“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 statement added: “We take the opportunity and 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 have 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 … We are in unimaginable pain and shock and we will give anything to Castro and Janet back.”
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Gyan has been forced to come out and and issue a statement on reports making the rounds in Ghana that the footballer could have had a hand in the the events that led to Castro missing,or has possibly used him for rituals.
Castro,whose real name is Theophilus Tagoe, and his girlfriend, Janet Badu, both went missing over two months ago while using jet skis during a holiday with Gyan’s family at a resort in Ada, Ghana.
Initial reports had it that they drowned,but considering that no bodies were pulled out from the water,allegations started propping up that they were used as 'sacrifices'.
However,Gyan whose family called a press conference on Wednesday,denied having a hand in the disappearance of the pair.
A statement from the Gyan family, read out by lawyer Kissi Agyabeng, attacked the media for “wild allegations and rumours … ranging from the absurd – of the imputation of criminality to [Gyan] in the sense that he either murdered Castro or had him kidnapped – and ending with the ludicrous – that he sacrificed him spiritually to enhance his career.
“We have been silent while these wild allegations and rumours have been peddled in the media. 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.
“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 statement added: “We take the opportunity and 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 have 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 … We are in unimaginable pain and shock and we will give anything to Castro and Janet back.”
Photo Credit: Wikipedia