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Ghanaian rapper, Samuel Adu Frimpong popularly known as Medikal will appear before court today, October 22, 2021 for brandishing a gun in a social media video.
The multiple award-winning artist was denied police inquiry bail after he was arrested on Thursday night by personnel of the Ghana Police Service.
He was then moved from the Accra Regional Police Headquarters to an undisclosed police station, where he was detained.[ads2]
His arrest came few hours after dancehall star Shatta Wale was remanded into police custody for one week by an Accra Circuit Court over fake shooting incident.
Shatta Wale alongside his accomplices appeared before court today over fake shooting incident.
They are facing charges of publication of false news and causing fear and panic.
Shatta Wale has already spent two nights in police custody after his arrest on Tuesday.
Before his arrest, two persons in the camp of the musician identified as Kojo Owusu Koranteng, known as Nana Dope and Eric Venator, alias Gangee, were arrested for allegedly spreading false information with the intention to cause fear and panic.[ads3]
The award-winning artist made the trends after news of him being shot by unknown gunmen emerged on Monday, October 18, 201.
It was his personal assistant, Nana Dope who supposedly broke the news of Shatta Wale shot by gunmen whilst driving.
Nana Dope even went ahead to state that his boss has been admitted at an emergency ward of a private hospital in Accra but it turned out that all were false.[ads5]