Artiste manager, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson popularly known as Bulldog has sued dancehall artiste Shatta Wale.
He sued his former artiste for defamation after the dancehall artiste threatened to expose his alleged secret involving the death of Fennec Okyere.
On Wednesday, November 2, 2022, Shatta Wale took to social media and said “Bullgod, since you are bringing out secrets, you will tell Ghanaians what happened to Fennec murder!! And I am 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 chance to be on our streets watch how this end. You can’t fight time”
In the court documents filed at an Accra High Court, Bulldog’s lawyers indicated that these statements seek to suggest that his client planned or had a hand in Mr Okyere’s death.
They added that Shatta Wale’s claims also meant “that the Plaintiff is a criminal gangster and a danger to society and ought to be in jail rather than walk freely in the streets.”
Also, “the Defendant’s claims in the publication are factual, truthful, and must be taken seriously by the public and law enforcement authorities.”
They also indicated that these statements have triggered a re-investigation into the death of Fennec Okyere by the police.
But Bulldog’s team insist that these statements are false, and malicious and only defames the reputation of the artiste manager.
Bullgod’s lawyers also cited other statements Shatta Wale made which they believe to also be defamatory.
Bulldog is however demanding that Shatta Wale apologize “on all his social media pages or accounts, make a publication on seven consecutive days” adding that “such retraction and apology to be vetted and approved by the Plaintiff’s lawyers.”
He is also seeking a perpetual injunction that hinders Shatta Wale from publishing any defamatory comments about him.
Among other things, Bulldog is seeking “general damages for defamation, special damages for defamation, punitive damages for the malicious publication of falsehood against the plaintiff, cost, and any other orders or remedies that the Court may deem fit.”
