Hiplife musician Samuel Frimpong, also known as Medikal, has been detained in prison for five days.
This was the ruling of a Circuit Court judge in Accra on October 22, 2021, on the artiste’s first appearance in court for brandishing a weapon.
Medikal, who was accused of displaying arms and ammunition, pleaded not guilty.
At the hearing on Friday, Emmanuel Yeboah Gyan’s attorney asked the court to give his client release since he is a law-abiding citizen with relatives on standby to satisfy the bail conditions.
The prosecution, however, contested the plea, stating that Medikal’s individual right to bail is subordinate to the community interest, which should be preserved. He also said that elements of the case are still being investigated.
The prosecution said in the case statement that the accused is a well-known musician. In the month of September 2021, while driving in his automobile, the accused flashed a Ruger 9mm pistol for no apparent reason and shared the footage on the social networking website Snapchat.
“On 26/9/2021, the video of the weapon he displayed on the Snapchat went viral and “Adomonline published same. On 21/10/2021, the Police acting on intelligence arrested the accused and handed him to the Regional Criminal Investigations Department for investigation. The accused admitted the offense in his investigation caution statement. After investigation., the accused was charged with the offense and arraigned before the Court,” the prosecution said.
Emmanuel Esandoh, the presiding judge, concurred with the prosecution and sent Medikal to the Ankaful prisons in the Central Region for five days.
This comes only a day after Shatta Wale and four other persons were remanded in jail after an alleged gun assault that turned out to be a hoax. Shatta Wale is now incarcerated in the Ankaful Prison in the Central Region.
During their initial appearance in court on Thursday, October 21, 2021, they were remanded by an Accra Circuit Court.
Medikal was at the court premises to offer support to Shatta Wale.
Shatta Wale was apprehended by police for disseminating false information regarding an assassination attempt on October 19, 2021, at his home in Accra.
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