In October 2021, Idris Yusif, better known as Deportee, a close friend and member of Shatta Wale’s team, landed himself behind bars over the singer’s fake gun attack.
Deportee was named as an accomplice of the popular dancehall musician and was arrested with two others, Nana Dope and Gangee and charged for abetment of crime.
An Accra Circuit court remanded them into prison custody and later granted bail to the tune of GH¢100,000 each for the publication of false information that claimed Shatta had been shot.
Now, Deportee is alleging that Shatta Wale only settled his bail, leaving him to his fate. He added that the Shatta Movement boss currently has issues with him, but in due time he will tell his side of the story and the reasons why their relationship has once again gone sour.
“My relationship with Shatta is out there, people know it… we had our issues back then, but this time around…there is an issue that is the reality. At the right time, the issue will pop up. He has issues with me but I don’t. Recently we went to court, you know we went to prison together. He got himself bailed, but without us…these are the things, I don’t want to speak. Maybe with time, we will speak. I know it is a bombshell and it will go out there and it is going to escalate a whole lot of things”.
Shatta Wale
According to the singer, who doubles as an artiste manager, he doesn’t condone negative energy from his circle of friends.
“Anyone who knows me, when you ask, they will tell you ‘Forget who you are, when you go wrong, he will tell you’. When you are on the right path, he will tell you. When you make a mistake, I will tell you and that is the person I am. I don’t want to be around you and be faking. I can’t do that, no matter who you are. I will let you know on the low… there are people who don’t like my type. I can’t be faking and cover things that are not right”.
Shatta Wale
In October 2021, the musician and three of his aides were arrested and charged with publication of false news and abetment of criminal publication of false news respectively.
This was after Shatta Wale and his aides staged a report that he had been shot. Shatta said he did that because a prophet prophesied that he would be shot on that day, hence, he staged the stunt to draw attention to the fake prophecy.
The other three individuals included Kojo Owusu Koranteng, Shatta’s personal assistant, Eric Vanetor, a graphic designer, and Iddrisu Yussif, a beautician. Shatta Wale and the others pleaded not guilty to the charges against them when they appeared in Court. They were all granted bail pending the commencement of the trial.
Shatta Wale was later convicted by an Accra High Court after he pleaded guilty to the publication of false news.
The Court presided over by His Worship Emmanuel Essandoh delivered a non-custodial sentence and fined the musician an amount of GH¢2,000.
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