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Read the letter written by Daily Graphic journalist Daniel Kenu
withdrawing from court an assault case against Baffour Gyan, brother
of Black Star’s Captain, Asamoah Gyan.
September 18, 2014
Box 742
Accra.
THE JUDGE
KMA CIRCUIT COURT
KUMASI
Dear Sir,
DISCONTINUATION/WITHDRAWAL OF ASSAULT CASE –DANIEL KENU (COMPLAINANT)
It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform this honourable court
that I, Daniel Kenu, the regional editor of Daily Graphic, Ashanti
region, and the complainant in the Baffour Gyan led assault on me, to
discontinue with the case on health grounds and other related family
matters.
My recent consistent and persistent rise in my blood pressure
following the trauma that I am currently going through as a result of
the September 5, 2014, attack as well as the sudden death of my uncle
Efo Kwame in the Eastern region, who until his death on the eve of the
last hearing in court, September 12, had insisted that I let go off
the case because the name of the family had been in the media too much
lately, warranted his decision.
Indeed, his fear until his death was that my mother, herself a
hypertensive, could drop dead if the case dragged on because of the
trauma she was equally going through.
I brushed all the pieces of advice aside in the name of justice. But
when he died on Thursday, September 11, reality dawn on me that if I
was not careful, my mother could also kick the bucket.
The sad incident, which has landed me at the Komfo Anokye Teaching
Hospital in Kumasi for a psychological assessment and a possible
treatment, as well as its related matters may appear sheer
coincidental, but they are too striking for me not to rethink for, an
‘unexamined life is not worth living.’
I am sorry that I may have disappointed my colleague journalists for
not going through the full length of the case to seek justice and
perhaps serve as a deterrent to other hooligans.
I am sure I have disappointed my love ones and supporters for my
unilateral decision without recourse to them. But respectfully, this
has to do with my health and my family and I wish that all those who
have supported me all along will understand me.
Thank you very much and may God bless us all.
Yours Faithfully,
DANIEL KENU
COMPLAINANT
