Bullgod Sues Shatta Wale For Defamation | general-entertainment

Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, popularly generally known as Bullgod, has sued Charles Nii Armah Mensah, recognized in showbiz as Shatta Wale, a Dancehall musician.

According to excepts of the writ of summons obtainable to GhanaWeb, Bulldog, who occurs to be the previous supervisor of the artist, is suing the musician over some latest pronouncements Shatta Wale made relating to the loss of life of one other artist supervisor, Fennec Okyere aka Fennicks.

In a writ filed on the Accra High Court, Bullgod is looking for damages for the pronouncements that he considers defamatory and in addition malicious in opposition to him by the defendant.

In a social media put up on Wednesday, November 2, Shata Wale wrote, “Bull Dog, since you might be bringing out secrets and techniques, you'll inform Ghanaians what occur to Fenicks (sic) Murder!! And I'm not joking about this time!!

“I am ready to tell the court about what you told me about you and your men and how you planned that foolish act, get ready. This Akufo-Addo won't give you a murderer (sic) chance to be on our streets!!! Watch how this ends!!! You can't fight time!!!” the writ filed by Bulldog's Lawyer, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai indicated that these statements sought to recommend that his consumer deliberate, affected or had a hand in Mr Okyere's loss of life.

The writ added that Shatta Wale's claims additionally meant “that the Plaintiff is a prison gangster and a hazard to society and must be in jail (quite than stroll freely within the streets).

“That his (the Defendant's) claims in the publication are factual, truthful, and must be taken seriously by the public and law enforcement authorities.”

The lawyer for the plaintiff harassed that these statements have triggered a re-investigation into the loss of life of Mr Okyere by the police.

Dr. Justice Srem-Sai additional cited different statements Shatta Wale has made which they imagine to even be defamatory.

They embody claims that Bulldog had allegedly stated former President Mahama requested him to obtain gunmen for a supposed job and in addition girls for him.

The legal professionals famous that these statements suggest that “the Plaintiff is a person who engages in illicit gun violence, contract killing and other related crimes,” and in addition “that the Plaintiff is in the trade of procuring, controlling, and arranging prostitutes in return for money and other material gains.”

Landforms

1. A declaration of the Court that the sequence of publications made by the Defendant as particularized within the Statement of Claim are defamatory to the Plaintiff.

2. A declaration of the Court that the sequence of publications made by the Defendant within the Statement of Claim are malicious.

3. An order of the Court directed on the Defendant to on all his social media pages or accounts, make a publication on seven (7) consecutive days of an unqualified retraction of and unreserved apology for the defamatory phrases that the Defendant has revealed concerning the Plaintiff, such retraction and apology to be vetted and accredited by the Plaintiff's legal professionals.

4. An order of the Court for perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant, his brokers, workmen, assigns and servants from publishing or additional publishing any defamatory phrases in opposition to the Plaintiff.

5. General damages for defamation.

6. Special damages for defamation.

7. Punitive damages for malicious publication of falsehood in opposition to the Plaintiff.

8. Cost, and

9. Any different orders or cures that the Court might deem match

Background

Fennec Okyere, who was the supervisor of musician, Kwaw Kese, was murdered at his Manet Gardens residence on the Spintex Road, Accra on Thursday, March 13, 2014, by unknown assailants.

He died at age 31.

Bullgod was picked up by the Police Criminal Investigative Department (CID) as a suspect within the loss of life as a result of he had common disagreements together with his late colleague who he supposedly threatened throughout an interview.

In 2017, the courts, on the recommendation of the Attorney-General that there was no proof in opposition to Bullgod and accordingly discharged him.