Ghanaian musician and artiste manager Ricky Nana Agyemang, widely known as Bullet, has come out to show is support for his colleague Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly called Shatta Wale, following his detention by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
Speaking in an interview with 3news at the EOCO headquarters in Accra, Bullet described the arrest as a clear witch-hunt.
He went on to add that the system in Ghana is deliberately structured to keep celebrities and musicians poor.
“The system is structured for celebrities and musicians to be poor. They don’t understand how Shatta Wale can own companies like Shaxi, run multiple businesses, drive luxurious cars,” Bullet stated.
Bullet dismissed some reports linking Shatta Wale to money laundering or criminal activity, stressing that the artiste made his money legitimately through his craft and entrepreneurial ventures.
He also cautioned other artistes against celebrating Shatta Wale’s troubles, reminding them that they could easily become victims of the same system.
“Every musician should work hard, but they should not be happy that Shatta Wale has been arrested. Today it’s him, tomorrow it can be you. The system wants to tell us we cannot make money as artistes,” he warned.
While the likes of Bullet and the several other fans of Shatta Wale who have converged at the EOCO headquarters have this opinion, the body in its official statement, confirmed that the detention is tied to investigations surrounding a 2019 Lamborghini Urus.
The luxury car was flagged by the FBI and the United States Department of Justice as one of the assets linked to a $4 million fraud scheme involving Ghanaian national Nana Kwabena Amuah, who is currently serving a jail term in the US.
Investigators say Shatta Wale has so far failed to provide the identity of the seller. He reportedly claimed he purchased the Lamborghini “
from the street through an individual known only as Zak, whom he allegedly communicated with via WhatsApp but has since lost contact with.
