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Video: Shatta Wale’s fans storm EOCO to demand his release

By Vincent Ashitey
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Fans of dancehall musician Shatta Wale on Thursday massed up at the head office of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) in Accra to demand his release from custody.

The fans were seen in videos chanting and calling on authorities to free the singer.

EOCO, in a statement, confirmed that the artiste has been granted bail to the tune of GH₵10 million, with two sureties to be justified, pending the fulfillment of all legal requirements.

Shatta Wale was detained on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, as part of EOCO’s broader investigations into luxury vehicles.

This was after he honored an invitation to assist in ongoing investigations into a 2019 Lamborghini Urus, which American authorities have identified as proceeds of a $4 million fraud case involving Ghanaian national Nana Kwabena Amuah, who is currently serving a jail term in the United States.

The investigation follows a request from the FBI and the US Department of Justice for EOCO to trace the vehicle and identify possible co-conspirators in Ghana.

The luxury car was seized in May this year after it was found in Shatta Wale’s possession. On August 15, a United States District Court in Kentucky issued an order authorising the US Government to take possession of the Lamborghini as restitution for the crime.

EOCO explained that Shatta Wale had earlier claimed publicly that he bought the vehicle for $150,000. However, investigators said he could not prove this claim.

“So far, Charles Nii Armah Mensah has been unable to identify the person from whom he purchased the said Lamborghini Urus vehicle except to say that he purchased it from the ‘Street’ and from someone possibly called ‘ZAK’ who may have contacted him on WhatsApp but whose identity he does not know and whose contact he has thrown away,” the statement said.

The release further noted that the only documentation the artiste has presented is a customs declaration form bearing the name of Nana Kwabena Amuah, the convicted Ghanaian whose name is directly linked to the US case.

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