Sarkodie recounts shocking fan encounter after accident with Amakye Dede

Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie has recounted an unsettling encounter with a fan who asked to take a selfie with him moments after he survived a serious road accident involving highlife musician Amakye Dede.

The rapper shared the experience in a social media video, recalling how a trip from Kumasi to Amakye Dede’s residence in Agogo took a frightening turn when the vehicle carrying them crashed.

According to Sarkodie, the car collided head-on with another vehicle before veering off the road into a nearby bush.

Amakye Dede was seated in the front passenger seat, while Sarkodie travelled in the back alongside the driver and his cameraman.

Although the musicians were moving in a convoy, the other vehicles were some distance behind when the crash occurred, leaving the four occupants to deal with the immediate aftermath before the rest of their party arrived.

As bystanders gathered around the damaged vehicle, Sarkodie said a woman who had alighted from a bus approached him, not to ask whether he was hurt, but to request a photograph with him.

“People saw the accident, but they didn’t know it was us. One girl came down from the bus and said to me, ‘Where else will I meet you again? Let me take a selfie with you.’ She didn’t ask how I was doing,” he recalled.

Sarkodie said the woman appeared not to have considered whether he had sustained injuries in the crash, focusing instead on the opportunity to take a photograph with him.

“That’s why I am saying they don’t see a human; they see Sarkodie. She had not even realised that I was hurt; that is not what was important to her,” he added.

The encounter, he explained, highlighted how celebrity status can sometimes overshadow the person behind the public image, with fans becoming more concerned about getting close to a famous figure than recognising what that person may be experiencing.