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An aide to President Atta Mills yesterday waded into the controversy stirred by his boss� suspected juju ring, with an explanation which appeared to compound the confusion. According to Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, his boss sustained a cut after shaking the hands of a Western Region chief, whose name he did not mention, in the run up to the 2008 elections. A plaster was used in covering the sore as a first aid, he explained, followed by the black ring. His explanation failed to clear the air about what informed the removal of his wedding ring, which was replaced by the black ring on the middle finger of his left hand. As for the wedding ring, it had to be dropped because it created pain for the President�s finger, he added. However, DAILY GUIDE has learnt that President Mills never used a wedding ring until he was sworn into office in January 2009. Many who heard Nii Lantey�s intervention wondered whether it was worth it, given the seeming implausibility of it. Dominic Nitiwul, MP for Bimbila, had alleged in an interview earlier that the ring was magic, sparking questions about whether the object was used to win the last elections. When that question was put to him however, he declined to answer it, preferring to state that it was magic. An NDC member, he said, had told him that the ring was magical, an allegation which prompted the MP to bring the issue to the public domain. While Nii Lantey Vanderpuye said the inscriptions on the ring were �I love Jesus�, he was reminded that the writings were numerals and not letters. It is also amazing how the inscription �I love Jesus� can cover the circumference of the ring, an explanation which appears to have done more harm than good to the tales surrounding what cynics say is a magical ring. The black ring was replaced with the President�s wedding ring shortly after the last elections.