The Ghana Police Service is in search of Dancehall Artiste Shatta Wale following a viral post on social media that the Artiste has been assassinated.
In a statement from the Ghana Police Service, they are appealing to the general public to volunteer information to aid their investigations.
Concerns about the whereabout of Shatta Wale drew the attention of netizens when one Nana Dope, a team member of Shatta Wale posted that the Artiste has been shot by unknown men.
After reports about the alleged incident went viral, the police issued a statement and indicated that their efforts to locate Shatta Wale have proved futile.
“The attention of the Police has been drawn to the widely circulated news on the alleged gunshot-attack on one Charles Nii Armah Mensah popularly known as Shatta Wale. On hearing the news, the police have launched an investigation into the matter including making contacts with some of his close friends and family members and all of them claim not to have knowledge of his whereabouts or the alleged incident” the Police statement read.
The statement continued; “A team has visited the house of Shatta Wale and he cannot be found there. Over the last few hours, the Police have searched and continue to look for Shatta Wale at hospitals in Accra. Whilst we continue our investigations, the Police is appealing to the public to provide any information concerning the whereabouts of Shatta Wale to the numbers 18555, 191 and 0302773906.”
By Nana Kwesi Coomson