Shatta Wale Thanks EOCO And Fans After Release

Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has conveyed a message of gratitude to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) following his arrest over his ownership of a 2019 Lamborghini Urus, a car identified by the FBI and the US Justice Department as proceeds of a $4 million crime.

He was released on a GHc5 million bail after hours in custody on August 21.

In a Facebook post, he wrote, “Thank you SM fans, Thank you EOCO, Thank you all media houses, Thank you GH, I see the love and I feel it.”

According to the Office, the investigation forms part of a larger investigation regarding possible co-conspirators in the $4m crime, which occurred in the US involving some Ghanaians and recoveries of the proceeds of the crime.

The crime involves one Nana Kwabena Amuah, a Ghanaian who is currently serving a jail term in the USA.

“Following requests from the FBI and the US Justice Department of EOCO to track the vehicle and conduct local investigations in respect of uncovering possible co-conspirators in Ghana, EOCO began looking for the vehicle until it was identified and seized in or around May this year in the possession of one Charles Nii Armah Mensah.,” it explained in a statement.

On August 15, 2025, a United States District Court of the Eastern District of Kentucky, Central Division of Lexington, in a criminal case of the United States of America v Nana Kwabena Amuah issued an order forfeiting the Substitute Asset on the Lamborghini Urus in question, authorising the US Government to take possession of the said vehicle in Ghana as restitution for the crime.

Shatta Wale is said to have purchased the car at a price of US$150,000 from an unidentified party.

Source: https://opemsuo.com/author/hajara-fuseini/