Controversial Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has apologised to the police for fiercely exchanging words with one its officers in East Legon, a suburb of Accra.

Born Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., the musician was captured in a video fiercely exchanging words with a police officer.

In the video, the police officer is seen ordering the artiste and his friends to get back into their cars and follow him to the police station.

Although the controversial singer tried to talk to the police officer to let him and his friends go, it was turned down.

At this point, Shatta Wale got angry and started shouting at the police officer complaining why he was being difficult in dealing with a public figure like him.

Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, DSP Sheila Buckman disclosed in an interview with Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM that her outfit arrested Shatta Wale on Sunday for allegedly assaulting a police officer and had been granted enquiry bail.

Shatta Wale, in a Facebook live video on Monday, said he was sorry for his action and narrated that, “My car wasn’t stopped, it was my G Wagon that was stopped and I went down to talk to the police because they are human beings like us.”

“I’ll like to apologise to the police, the entire corporate police body. Ghana Police has been so nice to me. I don’t want anybody to tarnish my image within that fold. Not only Ghana Police but the whole governmental body has been really nice to me. I don’t really want things to go down like the way people are portraying things,” the dancehall artiste said.

The 'Ayoo' hit singer added that “This policeman we are talking about is my uncle, that’s how I call him. He has also helped me in life before. Yes, I will apologise for the conduct, for raising my voice and the way I spoke…”

“People said police stopped me and I was resisting arrest. No, when the policeman stops you, you can’t say you won’t stop; you are not higher than the policeman because you are a civilian.

"He has the highest power and the highest authority, so, people should stop portraying that because Shatta Wale, ‘I’m not like that. I want to apologise to IGP, Regional commander and all his team,” Shatta Wale noted.

Calling the police as his friends, he noted that, "I get protected a lot when I do my stadium shows. They stand for me from night to morning and I love that.”

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