A reporter was recently beaten up by a group of men led by the brother of Asamoah Gyan, Ghana national team captain, for asking Gyan about rumors that he had a missing rapper ritually sacrificed.
Earlier this summer, Graphic Online, reported that Castro, real name Theophilus Tagoe, and his girlfriend were reported missing while on vacation with the Gyan brothers. The police declared the two dead and suspected they had accidentally drowned while out jet skiing, which was the last time they were seen.
The rumor mill, however, did not end there.
Reverend Ebenezer Adarkwah Yiadom, who refers to himself as a prophet and leads a popular church that broadcasts televised services, started hinting that he knew more about the death of Castro. All he would say publicly was that he had more information about the alleged disappearance but that he wouldn’t divulge any more until Castro’s family came to him for guidance first.
None of that stopped the rumor mill from running on overdrive. From what we can determine, the working theory was that Gyan had orchestrated the ritual sacrificing of Castro—again, a close friend—apparently for some black magic purposes, possibly for a financial benefit. That version pretty much makes no sense, but they caught on nonetheless, even to the point where there were public calls for the arrest of the two Gyans and the Reverend so that police could get to the bottom of the story.
Here’s how the Daily Graphic, Kenu’s paper, described the aftermath.
Before he could reciprocate the gesture, Baffour butted in Ga, literally translated ‘paddy, what sort of stupid question did you ask my brother,’ and before Mr Kenu could respond, he followed with a hefty slap.
It was a hellish moment for Mr. Kenu as Baffour and his machomen launched series of hefty punches on him, while Addo pretended as a peacemaker restraining Mr. Kenu’s assailants.
But for the intervention of one Stephen Asante, a reporter at the Ghana News Agency, who prevented the thugs from smashing Mr Kenu’s Sumsung tablet on the ground and causing further harms to his body, a fatal incident would have been recorded.
Source: screamer.deadspin.com