Ghana Police Service has issued a search warrant for dancehall musician Shatta Wale following reports that he has been shot in a shot and run incident.
On Monday, Ghanafuo.com reported that the “Ayoo” hitmaker was shot in East Legon, Accra, by some unknown gunmen.
The news was broken by Shatta Wale’s PA and road manager, Nana Dope.
But following the reports, Ghana Police launched an investigation into the incident. In a statement, it said it visited Shatta Wale’s home and searched hospitals in Accra, but the musician was not found.
It has therefore urged citizens to report to the police about his whereabouts.
A statement by the Ghana Police on Facebook said:
“Police Investigates Claims of Shooting Incident Involving Shatta Wale
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.
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.”
