Court grants Wisa bail
Hip life artiste, Eugene Ashe, popularly called Wisa Greid, was yesterday granted bail in the sum of GH¢8,000, with a surety to be justified, after pleading ‘not guilty’ to gross indecent exposure when he appeared before the Accra Circuit Court.
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Wisa of ‘Ekiki Me’ fame is to reappear before the court, presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku, on January 13, 2015.
Arrest
The rapper was invited by the Greater Accra Regional Police Command on December 25, 2015 for exposing his genitals on stage while performing at this year’s ‘Decemba 2 Rememba’ concert organised by Accra-based Citi FM on Christmas Eve.
While wriggling his waist behind a female dancer midway through the performance, Wisa pulled down his white boxer shorts and let loose his manhood in the full glare of the audience, who were dismayed at the act.
To save his image and career, the 27-year-old artiste hopped from one media house to another to render apology for his indecent conduct.
‘Not manhood’
When the case was called yesterday, counsel for the accused, Mr Jerry Avenorgbo, told the court that his client was paid to perform in an enclosed arena, the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).
He argued that what Wisa did was for the “beauty of entertainment” and that those who criticised him did not understand what entertainment meant.
He said the private parts his client purportedly showed on stage were not his actual manhood.
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“On the next adjourned date, my client will prove that he did not do what he has been accused of. If we open our defence, those who are accusing him will understand the beauty of entertainment art,” counsel argued.
Background
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Judith Asante told the court that on December 25, 2015, the Greater Accra Regional Police Command’s attention was drawn to a nude video posted on the Internet from an unknown source.
She said in the video, Wisa removed his penis while performing live on stage at the AICC on December 24, 2015 while he was dancing with a female dancer.
She said the police immediately contacted his managers to produce him at the Accra Regional Police Headquarters for investigation, which they duly obliged.
“Investigations into the case revealed that on December 24, 2015, Airtel Telecommunications Company and Citi FM organised a Christmas party at the AICC, with the accused person as the guest artiste.
"In the course of the programme, the accused was ushered to perform on the main stage, together with his female dancer, identified as Monica Kumadeh.
“While performing live on stage, the accused drew closer to the female dancer and stood behind her to dance together. Suddenly, he pulled out his penis and started to stroke the bottom of the dancer with his manhood, in the full glare of the audience, without decency,” she said.