Years after hurling serious allegations at his former manager, Bulldog, Shatta Wale has finally stepped back and offered a public apology.
In 2022, the outspoken Ghanaian dancehall star stirred national outrage when he claimed that Bulldog, otherwise known as Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, had a role in the murder of Fennec Okyere. The late Okyere, who managed rapper Kwaw Kese, was killed in 2014. Shatta Wale’s allegations quickly triggered legal action, with Bulldog filing a defamation suit in response.
But the controversy took a new direction on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, when Shatta Wale issued a formal retraction and apology.
“On November 2, 2022, I published a series of posts on my social media pages and handles about MR. LAWRENCE NANA ASIAMAH HANSON alias BULLDOG. The publications included a statement that I have now come to know was generally misunderstood or misconstrued as MR. HANSON’s confessions to me that he had a hand in the murder of FENNEC OKYERE (alias FENICKS).
“I wish to retract each of the statements in the said series of publications, as I did not mean to say that MR. HANSON had a hand in the murder of FENNEC OKYERE. I also wish to apologise to MR. HANSON and all the persons whom my publications of November 2, 2022, have caused pain, agony, anguish, shame, ridicule, or hatred,” Shatta Wale wrote.
Read his apology letter below.
