Ghanaian dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has been granted bail in the sum of GH¢10 million with two sureties by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
The bail came after Shatta Wale was invited on Wednesday to assist in investigations into the purchase of a 2019 Lamborghini Urus, which was seized from his home in June.
The vehicle is allegedly linked to proceeds of a $4 million crime involving Nana Kwabena Amuah, a Ghanaian currently serving an 86-month jail term in the US.
During questioning, Shatta Wale claimed he bought the vehicle from someone named “Zak” on WhatsApp, but couldn’t provide any receipts or transfer documents to prove ownership.
The statement partly read, “So far, Charles Nii Armah Mensah has been unable to identify the person from whom he purchased the said Lamborghini Urus vehicle except to say that he purchased it from the ‘Street’ and from someone possibly called ‘ZAK’ who may have contacted him on WhatsApp but whose identity he does not know and whose contact he has thrown away,”
According to EOCO, in a statement on Thursday, Shatta Wale will remain in custody until the two sureties provide properties that can be verified to match the bail conditions.
The investigation is ongoing, and both Shatta Wale and a former senior officer of Ghana’s National Signal Bureau are considered persons of interest.
US investigators are pushing for the repatriation of the seized vehicle as part of Amuah’s restitution of nearly $4.7 million.
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