Speaking to his congregation at Alive Chapel International on Sunday, 20 October, the prominent cleric voiced his frustration over the ongoing discourse surrounding the incident, which he described as an unfortunate accident rather than an intentional act.
Bishop Amoako defended his son, asserting that the boy had not engaged in any deliberate wrongdoing. "It was an accident," he stated, adding, "My son did not carry a gun to kill anybody.
He involved himself in a terrible accident, and I am not the one who did it, nor his mother.
It is my name; that is why people are talking." He suggested that the heightened public interest in the case stems from his well-known status. "If this had been an Okada [motorcycle] accident, who would mention it?