{"id":766205,"date":"2019-12-16T19:07:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T19:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/16\/i-have-fully-accepted-my-new-name-shatta-ikechukwu-wale\/"},"modified":"2019-12-16T19:07:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T19:07:57","slug":"i-have-fully-accepted-my-new-name-shatta-ikechukwu-wale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/16\/i-have-fully-accepted-my-new-name-shatta-ikechukwu-wale\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Fully Accepted My New Name, Shatta Ikechukwu Wale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"td_uid_16_5df7d60ca03a3\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ghbase-3-by250mobile --><\/p>\n<p>Multiple Award-winning dancehall artist Charles Nii Armah popularly known as Shatta Wale has officially endorsed his new name \u201d Shatta Ikechukwu Wale\u201d given to him by Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that Shatta Wale announced on his social media page that he is now a Nigerian after obtaining a Nigerian passport. His declaration came on the back of the controversy of American pop star Cardi B\u2019s visit to Ghana and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>While Cardi B had a smooth show in Nigeria, she was met with some challenges in Ghana due to miscommunication, poor organization amongst other things.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- Responsive Link Ads --><\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale who was displeased about how some Ghanaian celebrities reacted to Cardi B\u2019s visit took to his Twitter page to blast them.<br \/>He then declared himself a Nigerian after obtaining their passport.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to this, Tonto Dikeh offered to give him a new name to officially accept him into the Naija family. Tonto Dikeh named him \u201cShatta Ikechukwu Wale\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.8 --><\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale has since replied to Tonto and has officially endorsed his new name.<\/p>\n<p>Checkout his post below;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72460 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_20191216-100945.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"1450\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '344897979702391');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '{417760605018633}',\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v2.0'\n    });\n  };<\/p>\n<p>  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><script>(function() {\n  var _fbq = window._fbq || (window._fbq = []);\n  if (!_fbq.loaded) {\n    var fbds = document.createElement('script');\n    fbds.async = true;\n    fbds.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbds.js\";\n    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(fbds, s);\n    _fbq.loaded = true;\n  }\n  _fbq.push(['addPixelId', '1526641470925053']);\n})();\nwindow._fbq = window._fbq || [];\nwindow._fbq.push(['track', 'PixelInitialized', {}]);\n<\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '764532410420944');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Multiple Award-winning dancehall artist Charles Nii Armah popularly known as Shatta Wale has officially endorsed his new name \u201d Shatta Ikechukwu Wale\u201d given to him by Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh. 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