Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, has been sued by his former manager, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, popularly known as Bulldog.<\/p>\n
Bullgod is suing Shatta Wale for defamation after the musician threatened to expose his alleged secret involving the death of late artiste manager, Fennec Okyere.<\/p>\n In a social media post on Wednesday, November 2, the \u2018My Level\u2019 hitmaker wrote, \u201cBull Dog, since you are bringing out secrets, you will tell Ghanaians what happen to Fenicks (sic) Murder!! And I am not joking about this time!!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI am ready to tell the court about what you told me about you and your men and how you planned that foolish act, get ready. This Akufo-Addo won\u2019t give you a murderer (sic) chance to be on our streets!!! Watch how this ends!!! You can\u2019t fight time!!!\u201d<\/p>\n In the court documents filed at an Accra High Court, Bullgod\u2019s lawyers indicated that these statements seek to suggest that he planned, effected or had a hand in Mr Okyere\u2019s death.<\/p>\n They added that Shatta Wale\u2019s claims also meant\u00a0\u201cthat the Plaintiff is a criminal gangster and a danger to society and ought to be in jail (rather than walk freely in the streets).\u201d<\/p>\n Also, \u201cthat his (the Defendant\u2019s) claims in the publication are factual, truthful, and must be taken seriously by the public and law enforcement authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n They indicated that these statements have triggered a re-investigation into the death of Mr Okyere by the police.<\/p>\n But, Bulldog\u2019s team insist that these statements are false, malicious and only defames the artiste manager.<\/p>\n That\u2019s not all, the lawyers cited other statements Shatta Wale has made which they believe to also be defamatory.<\/p>\n They include claims that Bulldog had allegedly said former President Mahama asked him to procure gun men for a supposed job and also women for him.<\/p>\n The lawyers noted that these statements implies that \u201cthe Plaintiff is a person who engages in illicit gun violence, contract killing and other related crimes,\u201d and also \u201cthat the Plaintiff is in the trade of procuring, controlling, and arranging prostitutes in return for money and other material gains.\u201d<\/p>\n Thus, Bulldog is seeking a declaration from the court that these statements and others highlighted in the suit are defamatory and malicious.<\/p>\n He is also calling on the court to direct Shatta Wale to retract his allegations and apologise to him.<\/p>\n Bulldog is demanding that the \u2018Ayoo\u2019 hitmaker apologise \u201con all his social media pages or accounts, make a publication on seven consecutive days\u201d adding that \u201csuch retraction and apology to be vetted and approved by the Plaintiff\u2019s lawyers.\u201d<\/p>\n He is also seeking a perpetual injunction that hinders Shatta Wale from publishing any defamatory comments about him.<\/p>\n Among other things, Bulldog is seeking \u201cgeneral damages for defamation, special damages for defamation, punitive damages for malicious publication of falsehood against the plaintiff, cost, and any other orders or remedies that the Court may deem fit.\u201d<\/p>\n This comes nearly a week after Shatta Wale threatened to reveal a secret Bulldog told him in relation to the death of the artiste manager.<\/p>\n The threat was in reaction to the leakage of the list of artistes featuring on the tracks for Shatta Wale\u2019s upcoming album, \u2018Gift of God\u2019 (GOG) by Bulldog.<\/p>\n The \u2018Ayoo\u2019 hitmaker stated that he is ready to tell any court what Bulldog told him about the murder of Fennec Okyere.<\/p>\n This caught the attention of Kwaw Kese whose career Fennec Okyere managed before his passing in 2014.<\/p>\n He shared a screenshot of Shatta Wale\u2019s post and called on the Police to get justice for his former manager.<\/p>\n The Police later released a statement noting that they were in touch with Shatta Wale and hoped to get relevant information to help find the culprit.<\/p>\n Fennec Okyere, who was the manager of Kwaw Kese, was murdered at his Manet Gardens residence on the Spintex Road, Accra on Thursday, March 13, 2014 by unknown assailants. He died at age 31.<\/p>\n Following his death, Bulldog, born Lawrence Nana Asiama Hanson, was picked up by the Police Criminal Investigative Department (CID).<\/p>\n He was arrested at Kokomlemle, a suburb of Accra, as a suspect in the death of Fennec Okyere.<\/p>\n This was because Bulldog who had regular beefs with Fennec Okyere, had supposedly threatened him in an interview on radio.<\/p>\n While on the Police charge sheet Bulldog was to face the charge of conspiracy to commit murder, his plea was not taken.<\/p>\n In 2017, the Bullhaus Entertainment CEO was freed from the charges in relation with the alleged murder, with then Attorney-General, Gloria Akuffo saying the state was no longer interested in prosecuting Bulldog over the alleged murder of Fennec Okyere.<\/p>\n This was contained in the A-G\u2019s advice on the case docket. Kwaw Kese registered his unhappiness about\u00a0the development.<\/p>\n \u201cEven the prosecutors were not going to court. I believe our security system is very weak,\u201d a very disappointed Kwaw Kese told Lexis Bill in an interview on Behind the Fame on\u00a0Drive Time\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a0Joy FM\u00a0<\/strong>in 2018.<\/p>\n But, Bulldog has consistently maintained that he is innocent, thus had no hand in the passing of Fennec Okyere.<\/p>\n According to him, the jabs they threw at each other were aimed at promoting their artistes and also to remain relevant as managers.<\/p>\n In a 2022 interview on Hitz FM, Bulldog maintained his innocence adding that he never threatened Fennec Okyere, despite their disagreements.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Shatta Wale is expected to respond to the suit eight days after he has been served.<\/p>\n DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Bullgod](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_20221107_235549-732x1024.jpg\" "\\"Bullgod")
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Fennec Okyere\u2019s death<\/strong><\/h4>\n