Police in Accra have arrested popular musician, Charles Nii Armah, alias Shatta Wale.
The arrest which was announced on the social media handles of the police on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, followed false claims by the artiste and his associates that he had sustained gunshot wounds after he was shot by unknown assailants at East Legon in Accra on Monday.
The Dance hall musician is the fourth person to have been caged for faking the news of his shooting.
It followed the arrest of pastor Stephen Akwasi Appiah who prophesied that Shatta Wale would be shot dead on October 18, 2021, same day South African reggae act, Lucky Dube was murdered 14 years ago.
The police later picked up two persons -Kojo Owusu Koranteng, also known as Nana Dope and Eric Venator, alias Gangee, who are lose associates of Shatta Wale.
Preliminary investigations by the Police reveal the widely reported gunshot attack on Shatta Wale yesterday Monday, 18th October, 2021 was a hoax.
“No one will be spared if Police investigations point to their possible criminal culpability in this matter,” the police said in a statement.
