The disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu has taken Ghanaians on a roller coaster ride the past few months, with the most recent development being the alleged assault of a graphic journalist that was withdrawn from court.
The incident leading to that assault was a question asked by Daniel Kenu, who sought to find out Asamoah Gyan’s reaction to rumours he had a hand in Castro’s supposed demise. The question was adjudged moronic at the moment, but certainly the Gyan family now feels it is in the public domain enough that they have to address it.
Which begs the question why didn’t Asamoah Gyan just do that on that day? Or why was it necessary to later attack a media man when today’s press conference has shown his was a valid question? We all know the kind of mentality we have as Ghanaians, people would wonder about the hand of the supernatural in every incident!
Anyway the Gyan family has denied any culpability in Castro’s disappearance, giving an account of events that fateful day in July. The punchline of the press conference though, is that “we take the opportunity and state without the slightest doubt in our minds that we are not blameable for the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu. We had no hand in that occurrence. We have no moral or legal culpability whatsoever.”
The family also addressed what they deemed was bias on the part of the media, who has created the controversy because controversy sells. They expressed regret at the incident but re-affirmed Castro is a good friend to the family and they would never do anything to harm him.
Below is the quite lengthy rundown of events in Ada as narrated by the Gyan family…