LEGYANDARY: ASAMOAH GYAN WRITES ON CASTRO’S DISAPPEARANCE, THE SHRINE AND THE SEARCH

Asamoah Gyan has revealed a full story of how Castro the Destroyer vanished for the first time in black and white.

'LeGyanDary,' the autobiography of the former Ghana captain, was released this month following a star-studded presentation headed by Ghana's President, Nana Akufo-Addo.

Joy Sports has been serializing interesting parts of the book in partnership with King-Dawie Publishers.

Gyan recounts his prolific musician friend's inexplicable disappearance at a beach resort – and the frantic attempts to find him, which included traveling to a local temple – in one of the most intriguing aspects of the narrative.

As they walked away, I knew I'd find him someplace doing his own thing. That was the only ray of optimism I could muster. They were joined by Anim-Addo, who had mounted a jet ski. We kept playing, but I was a little preoccupied. They all returned thirty minutes later with the same news: they couldn't find him.

Baffour was enraged throughout the delay. He was astounded by Castro's adamant refusal to listen and his eagerness to blast him. He continued to pace and grumble. My brother was someone I knew.

Castro's actions had made him feel insulted, and he was going to tell him flat out not to do it again.  My brother was furious when he heard the news. I had to settle him down since his constant outbursts were attracting attention. I stressed to him that this wasn't the ideal location to make such a scene and that we'd talk to him about it when we found him. When they told us he was nowhere to be located, Sammy started crying.

To avoid attracting too much attention, I had to quiet Sammy down. There were a lot of admirers present, and letting even one of them believe what we were all suspecting would be devastating. We decided to go out and look for ourselves once more. This time, we had an expert join the team. 

I started asking questions, and he told me that a white man went missing in a similar manner seventeen years ago and has never been seen or heard from since. He felt Castro was involved in whatever transpired back then. We all recalled he was skiing with the lady at this point. My brother started crying and talking about how he could have stopped it all if Castro had only listened to him. He claimed he sensed something was about to happen, which is why he insisted on returning to shore.

A man from the town appeared while we were debating our next course of action. He said that there was an oracle in Ada that might assist us in locating the missing people. He went on to say that the oracle was quite strong, and that it could easily manage such issues. Even though I wasn't very superstitious, I felt compelled to comply because we were in a bind.

What other options do we have? I declined to accompany them to the shrine because I was afraid of the confrontation with the priest that would follow. I had some cash on me, so I returned to the hotel to get some cash in case we needed to make any payments later. I was in a pickle.