At the press briefing on matters relating to Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy’s ban in the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, the organizers Charterhouse registered their utter shock at Shatta Wale’s attitude at the last year’s edition.
The Chief Executive Officer of Charterhouse Madam Theresa Ayoade disclosed at the press meeting that based on several engagements with the Dancehall superstars, they considered on bringing him back to be part of the schemes after so many years of suspension because of the level of remorse he showed but they were disappointed at the end.
She explained;
“He apologized publicly, came to the office several times with several entourages. So when it was time for this 20th anniversary celebration, we decided to give him another chance,” she said. “We had a one-on-one session with him and he promised me personally that ‘all those issues are gone, he was young then, now he’s older, he’s grown’”.
“We did everything we could to ensure that we’re on the same footing… After the Xperience Concert, we called him back to the office that ‘some of your guys were being too rough so we are not happy about that. We want you to assure us…’ It shows the kind of engagement. It wasn’t the normal type of engagement,” she said, stressing that they were shocked he broke his promise on the night.
“We were all taken aback. We saved him his five seats just like Stonebwoy. There are things you’d regret but you cannot beat yourself over it. We had saved his five seats for him; he said his father to his father and sister to come and sit in the seat. The rest of the three seats remained empty the whole night [thinking] Shatta Wale was coming to sit on his seat… We didn’t anticipate that going to sit with his fans meant they were planning something.”
She continued: “We took his word for it. We trusted him, we trusted the good intensions, we trusted the fact that he appreciated the industry and he would behave. We gave him that trust and he abused that trust by pulling that stunt.”
