Ghanaian dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has responded defiantly following the seizure of his yellow 2019 Lamborghini Urus by the Financial and Organised Crime Workplace (EOCO), appearing on directives from the FBI.
Throughout a TikTok Reside session on the night of Tuesday, 5 August 2025, shortly after EOCO launched a press release signed by its Performing Government Director, Raymond Archer, the outspoken musician expressed his displeasure with the safety company’s actions and insisted he had carried out nothing improper.
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Shatta Wale, whose actual title is Charles Nii Armah Mensah, claimed he bought the automobile for $150,000 and was unaware that it had any hyperlinks to felony exercise in america.
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“After this complete factor, Raymond Archer, I’m going go away the automotive for you folks. Don’t come to my home. Make no person say they invite me. That be why I purchase new Lamborghini,” he declared, visibly emotional in the course of the livestream.
The On God hitmaker went on to share a extra reflective message, suggesting that materials possessions like luxurious automobiles maintain little worth within the grand scheme of life.
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“All of us go die and go away all this stuff,” he stated, including that purchasing one other Lamborghini was a strategy to present that it was “only a automotive”.
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Annoyed by what he sees as repeated authorized challenges all through his profession, Shatta Wale lamented the obstacles he has confronted as an artist in Ghana. He additionally made a daring declare about his political ambitions, stating: “Someday, I’m going be president of Ghana.”
He additional added:
That yellow Lamborghini, I no even need am. Automotive sef we dey speak about am like that, earlier than you go drive then one thing go occur. Take am. Make them take go America and go chew am. ‘Trigger I no want am. I no even need am. That be why I purchase a brand new one.
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Shortly after the livestream, Shatta Wale confronted additional criticism on-line when he posted a video on X (previously Twitter), showcasing what he described as a brand-new Lamborghini. Nonetheless, the publish stirred controversy, with one fan accusing him of repainting his outdated yellow Lamborghini purple and making an attempt to cross it off as a brand new buy.
Regardless of the backlash, Shatta Wale has maintained that the purple Lamborghini is certainly new, utilizing the second to silence his critics and double down on his assertion that “cash isn’t every little thing.”
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“I purchased the Lamborghini for $150,000 and didn’t understand it was from Adu Boahene. I’m leaving the automotive for you folks, don’t come to my home, and let no person invite me.” – Shatta Wale pic.twitter.com/xc1egetZIE
— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) August 5, 2025