Reports have it that Ghanaian star Shatta Wale has been arrested.
According to reports, the singer was arrested after he verbally assaulted a police officer who had stopped an unregistered car belonging to him.
Upon arriving at the scene after he was called by the driver who drove the car belonging to him, Shatta is said to have verbally lambasted the police officer an act that called for his arrest.
confirming the arrest to Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, DSP Buckman;
“Shatta Wale was picked up by the police on Sunday and granted enquiry bail. It wasn’t just unregistered, it had no number plate at all, which goes against our laws.
In an attempt for the policeman to ask questions…Shatta Wale assaulted the police officer and also exhibited insulting behaviour. Because of that, he was arrested on Sunday and he’s been granted police enquiry bail to reappear at the police station this morning.”
She continued;
“If you look at Act 29 [of the Criminal Code 1960], a person does an act of assault where the intent is to lead to harm or cause any other event that will lead to harm,” she said.“It is an offence for anyone to drive a vehicle with no number plate at all.“Every vehicle owner must either possess the normal registration plate or an interim one (DV or DP), she said stressing “nobody can drive a vehicle in this country without any form of registration, no way!?”
