Police ordered to release mobile phones of Shatta Wale, three others
Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah popularly known as Shatta Wale and three others were granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court on October 26, 2021.
The Accra Circuit Court has ordered the police to release mobile phones belonging to Musician Shatta Wale and three other persons, Kojo Owusu Koranteng, Idris Yusif and Eric Venator.
The mobile devices were seized at the time of their arrest, to assist the police in their investigations.
Lawyer for Shatta Wale and his team members, Jerry Avenorgbor, argued in court that the information the police needed for their investigation is already on social media and therefore withholding his clients’ mobile devices would only serve to breach their privacy.
“It is not the work of the defence to help the prosecution to do their case. After all, the accused is presumed innocent until proven otherwise. The phones of the accused should be released to them. The alleged offences were allegedly made on social media,” Judge Emmanuel Essandor said in part, in his ruling.
The prosecution also disclosed that the police have begun a search for a suspect on the run, and that the eventual arrest of the suspect may change the facts of the case.
The case has however been adjourned to December 7, 2021.
Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah popularly known as Shatta Wale and three others were granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court on October 26, 2021.
Shatta Wale was charged with the publication of false news and causing fear and panic over a shooting incident he claimed to have staged.
Kojo Owusu Koranteng, Idris Yusif and Eric Venator, who are the musician’s public relations officer, brand manager and graphic designer respectively, were also charged with abetment of crime.
