WOI Patrick Kuntor, the ex- bodyguard of former President Rawlings, who is currently at the centre of the controversial "armed robbery" or "assassination" drama, has described parts of the preliminary police report that cast serious doubts on his claims of an attempted heist at his home, as false. He has also appealed for the case to be put to rest.
Speaking on Radio Gold's newspaper review programme Monday morning, Kuntor described the police statement, which stated that a weapon in the form of a SMG was nothing else but a packet of firecrackers as a lie.
"It is a lie. I saw a weapon and the watchman even stated that he saw (a] weapon... This one, they cannot take it from me," Kuntor said.
Kuntor, who was phoned by the station to react to the Chronicle story on the police report, said he believed the people might have used bullets made of materials that do not leave marks on walls.
Contrary to the preliminary report that indicated that his watchman had told the police that he was not attacked by the alleged armed robbers, Kuntor maintained that he saw the men manhandling his watchman.
"That is not true," Kuntor said, when the Chronicle's coverage of that portion of the report was read to him.
Kuntor asked why the watchman ran off in the first place if the men did not attack him, as the police report stated, rejecting a suggestion by the presenter, Nii Arday Clegg, that the watchman may have fled because he was scared of the four men.
"As they entered, first, I heard him shouting thief. So I opened my window and saw that the four people who were there were trying to drag him, drag his neck, so during the struggle, the man fell off from their place and they also jumped and the watchman run."
He said he saw the four people "hustling" the watchman, maintaining that there are witnesses in his house who could be contacted for verification of his claims.
He challenged the Chronicle to conduct independent investigations on the issue.
He said it was when he followed the four men that he met four others at the gate.
"Apart from this, there was somebody lying under my car... with others at the gate, coming in and out."
"I'm not a small boy and I will not lie for anything," Kuntor said, stressing "... I will not lie on anything to win any favour."
He maintained that he exchanged gunfire with his alleged attackers, despite the assertion by the police that there was no evidence to that effect at the crime scene.
Kuntor also requested that the issue be put to rest because the more the police investigations go on, "the more it is not even handled better."
He argued that the matter be allowed to rest since it was he and his family that were attacked, adding that if people do not want to believe the attempted robbery of his household, "they should take it that way."
"It is me they attacked [and] ... Whatever I said, I know I'm talking the truth, and I leave everything to God, just like that. I want this matter to die down and I hope that one day the God who has made me will definitely reveal what it is. But I know that I haven't lied [on] anything."
He said that the police should know that he is a man of his own and cannot be compelled to act against his will by anybody in the present or past government.
However, he warned that the next time he is faced with a similar scenario, he would not fire to wound but to kill.
He admitted sending the wrong gun to the police when they demanded he produce the weapon he used in the battle with the alleged attackers, but explained that he had three guns that were all licensed for him and was confused over which one he had used.
