Famous Ghanaian musician Kwaw Kese, Emmanuel Kofi Botchwey, became entangled in the legal system in 2015 after being detained by the Ghana Police on suspicion of possessing cannabis.
After being found guilty of drug charges in 2015, Kwaw Kese was given a day’s jail sentence and a GH˖1,200 fine.
“Even with mine, they don’t have any proof that I was doing that. They could not possibly demonstrate that to claim, “We saw Kwaw Kese doing this. I was imprisoned because of rumors. There is no photo to support their claims.
“The police who arrested me are still here, armed, and keeping an outsider from smoking in public in this same Ghana.” It is all live on camera, too, and that person walks away with nothing,” he said.
Kwaw went on to say that the arrest damaged his reputation and career. He argues that the incident tarnished his public image and hindered his ability to work freely in the music industry.
“I have got proof, evidence that other foreign nationals have come to do the same thing for which I was imprisoned.”
If this is the case, I must receive payment for the disgrace and damage they inflicted upon my reputation and me,” he underlined.