{"id":50834,"date":"2014-09-25T06:39:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T06:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=50834"},"modified":"2014-09-25T07:10:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T07:10:08","slug":"gyans-are-hiding-something-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=50834","title":{"rendered":"Gyans are &#8220;hiding something&#8221; &#8211; Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Private Legal Practitioner, Maurice Ampaw has said the <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/24\/dont-blame-us-castro-rode-out-on-his-own-volition-gyans\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>press conference<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0addressed by the Gyan brothers to shield themselves from any blame in the disappearance of Hiplife artiste, Castro and Janet Bandu on July 6 does not wash.<\/p>\n<p>The Gyans say the attempt to <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/24\/dont-blame-us-castro-rode-out-on-his-own-volition-gyans\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>link them to the disappearance of their friend is unfair<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and that the events leading to the disappearance of Castro show clearly that they are not culpable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50760\" style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Asamoah-gyan-and-castro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50760\" alt=\"Asamoah Gyan (Left) and his good friend Castro\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Asamoah-gyan-and-castro.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Asamoah-gyan-and-castro.jpg 612w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Asamoah-gyan-and-castro-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asamoah Gyan (Left) and his good friend Castro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;s0jmr9CKcd3jVmK5ptHg77powXwc9Vww&#8221;]But a private legal practitioner Maurice Ampaw who claimed to have some information relating to the disappearance of Castro and Janet Bandu told <strong>Citi News,<\/strong> he is in contact with the police to unravel the mystery behind the pair\u2019s disappearance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He said the press conference failed to give full details of the actual events that unfolded during the trip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What they are giving out there, there are others that can also give that same information. For example when they went to Ada, they left details as to the number of people who went to the trip and how they were grouped, who slept with who in the room, what room did they sleep, whose holding Castro\u2019s phone as of now, there are so many questions\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the need for the statement issued by the family to be subjected to serious interrogation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026the people who have the right to do that interrogation is the Police&#8230; I am going to add my information that I have and forward it to the Police\u2026I don\u2019t have any problem with the people[Gyans]. The only problem I have with them is the attack on him[Castro]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Theophilus Tagoe alias Castro and his lady friend Janet Bandu disappeared while holidaying at Ada in the Greater Accra Region in July this year with Black Stars\u2019 captain, Asamoah Gyan and a few of his friends.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50732\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/press_conference.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50732\" alt=\"Samuel Anim (extreme left), Baffour Gyan and Dr. Tony Aubynn\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/press_conference.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/press_conference.jpg 800w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/press_conference-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuel Anim (extreme left), Baffour Gyan and Dr. Tony Aubynn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The incident occurred when the two were on a jet-ski ride on the Volta River near Aqua Safari, a beach resort at Ada.<\/p>\n<p>There were media reports and speculations that Asamoah Gyan had \u2018sacrificed his friend, Castro for spiritual purposes, to enhance his career.<\/p>\n<p>Black Stars Captain, Asamoah Gyan earlier said he is <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/07\/08\/im-hopeful-castro-will-be-found-asamoah-gyan\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">hopeful<\/span><\/strong><\/a> that Castro and Jane will be found to put their family at ease.<\/p>\n<p>But failed attempts to find Castro compelled the family to hold a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, where they finally broke their silence by narrating circumstances which led to the disappearance of the two.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Private Legal Practitioner, Maurice Ampaw has said the press conference\u00a0addressed by the Gyan brothers to shield themselves from any blame in the disappearance of Hiplife artiste, Castro and Janet Bandu on July 6 does not wash. The Gyans say the attempt to link them to the disappearance of their friend is unfair and that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":48058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43,3,38],"class_list":["post-50834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-ghana-news","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}