Shatta Wale (L) artist and the acting executive director of EOCO, Raymond Archer (R)
The Economic and Organised Crime Office has given a hint that it will, in the coming days, invite popular Ghanaian dancehall artist, Charles Nii Armah Mensah also known as Shatta Wale, and a former senior officer of the National Signals Bureau (NSB) for investigations.
The yet-to-be-scheduled invitations to the two individuals and the subsequent investigations are allegedly linked to cases of stolen luxurious cars from the US and shipped to Ghana by a conspiracy gang led by a 31-year-old Nana Kwabena Amuah, who is currently serving a 7-year jail term in the USA.
A statement issued by EOCO after the seizure of the Lamborghini from Shatta Wale indicated that both Shatta Wale and the unnamed former NSB officer are “persons of interest”.
It mentioned that the two “have been assessed as persons of interest and will be invited by EOCO to assist in further ongoing investigations in the coming days.”
“EOCO may share the final investigations report with the FBI and the Justice Department as part of our ongoing cooperation.”
Though the statement was mute on the name of the said NSB official, it has been speculated that the embattled former boss of NSB, Kwabena Adu Boahene, is the person EOCO will invite.
His name has popped up recently for allegedly purchasing a vehicle alleged to have been stolen and shipped into the country, which is on a list of wanted cars by the FBI and the Justice Department in the USA.
EOCO, in the statement, disclosed that the FBI and the Justice Department intend to send a formal Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) to the Government of Ghana to return the car to the United States as part of Nana Kwabena Amuah’s $4,743,443 restitution.
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