Asamoah Gyan has released a statement denying his involvement in the murder of Ghanaian rapper Castro.
Castro, a friend of the former Sunderland striker, went missing along with his girlfriend Janet Bandu in July.
The
rapper, whose real name is Theophilus Tagoe, and his partner
disappeared while using jet skis on holiday with Gyan's family in Ada.
Asamoah Gyan has released a statement denying his involvement in the murder of the rapper Castro
There
had been suggestions that Castro was killed as part of a ritual
sacrifice - something that Gyan denies any knowledge of or involvement
in.
The 28-year-old and his family released a statement addressing the 'wild allegations and rumours'.
It
said: 'What sells in the media, and what indeed sold and is still
selling in the media in Ghana are wild allegations and rumours directed
especially at Asamoah Gyan – ranging from the absurd – of the imputation
of criminality to him 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.
The 28-year-old and his family released a statement addressing the 'wild allegations and rumours'
Ghanaian rapper Castro, real name Theophilus Tagoe, and his girlfriend disappeared while on holiday in Ada
Gyan has 84 caps and 43 goals for Ghana, and featured for them at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
'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.
'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.
'Now,
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.'
The Ghanaian forward played 34 times for Premier League side Sunderland, scoring 10 times
Gyan left Sunderland on loan in 2011 before making his move to UAE side Al Ain permanent in 2012
