{"id":440757,"date":"2017-11-24T15:36:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/24\/police-to-investigate-shatta-wale-for-publicly-firing-a-gun\/"},"modified":"2017-11-24T15:36:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:36:48","slug":"police-to-investigate-shatta-wale-for-publicly-firing-a-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/24\/police-to-investigate-shatta-wale-for-publicly-firing-a-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Police to investigate Shatta Wale for publicly firing a gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Friday, 24 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Adomonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-24<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/98581494.295.jpg\" alt=\"Shatta Wale Gun Shot\" title=\"Shatta Wale Gun Shot\" width=\"295\" height=\"227\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Shatta Wale fired gun shots in a viral video<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511537808_652_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Police have revealed that they are taking steps to investigate a video circulating on social in which dancehall artiste Shatta Wale is seen firing a gun sporadically.<\/p>\n<p>Public Affairs Director of the Ghana Police, ACP David Eklu says what Shatta Wale did in the video could amount to an offence.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, he noted that the act itself is an offence but the police would have to conduct further investigations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you fire a gun without lawful and necessary reasons it is an offence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Police PRO explained that they will have to examine the video very carefully since it could have been doctored.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have seen the video I don\u2019t know the circumstance under which the video was shot. For all we know it could have been tailored to create an impression,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale, in a viral video that surfaced online on Tuesday, could be seen firing warning shots which were alleged to be directed at Nigerian artistes including Wizkid, Patoranking and Timaya.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran hiplife artiste Tic Tac called for the arrest of Shatta Wale for publicly firing a gun into the air.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/97PXRr9d7Qo\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 updated by: 24 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Friday, 24 November 2017 Source: Adomonline.com 2017-11-24 play videoShatta Wale fired gun shots in a viral video The Police have revealed that they are taking steps to investigate a video circulating on social in which dancehall artiste Shatta Wale is seen firing a gun sporadically. 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