Charge of publication of false information could be proffered against Shatta Wale-Legal Practitioner
Police announced on Monday that it was investigating the alleged shooting incident involving the artist
Private legal practitioner and Lecturer at the UPSA Faculty of Law, Justice Abdulai, has noted that the popular Ghanaian Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale could be charged for publication of false information.
According to the lawyer, there are other charges aside from the above that can be proffered against the artist.
“Indeed, there are a lot of legal implications for the entire conduct of Shatta Wale, including some of the people who had confirmed the incident and the other who had published the false information,” he said.
“We can think of section 208 which is the publication of false information, 209 if indeed there was a discharge of firearms as he alleged that he was shot. We can think of abetments and conspiracy, and compounding crime, all these are possible offenses he could be charged with,” he added.
Justice Abdulai made these statements on TV3’s Midday News on Tuesday, October 19, 2021.
There was wide circulation on Social Media about the shooting of Charles Nii Armah Mensah popularly called Shatta Wale that he had been shot at East Legon in Accra and was receiving treatment at an unidentified hospital.
The Ghana Police Service on Monday evening stated that they were investigating the alleged shooting incident involving the artist and called on the General public to provide information to its outfit concerning the whereabouts of the artist.
Hours after the Police Statement, Shatta Wale indicated in a Facebook post that the earlier reported shooting incident was faked by him.
Therefore the artist was arrested by the Police on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. According to a post by the Police, the artist reported himself to its outfit voluntarily.
Even before Shatta’s arrest, a popular Prophet, Stephen Akwasi, popularly known as ‘Jesus ahoofe’ had been arrested for his earlier prophecy about the shooting of the artist on October 18, 2021.
Responding to a later post by Shatta Wale to the effect that he had gone into hideout because he was threatened by the prophecy of his shooting, the UPSA Law Lecturer added that the musician’s rationalization is not enough justification.
“That’s not enough justification for a crime of this nature. It is rather enough justification for a petition to be sent to other security agencies,” he noted.
