Twitter yanks off Shatta Wale’s controversial tweet

The controversial tweet of the Ghanaian recording artiste, Shatta Wale on the microblogging site, Twitter has been taken down.

The Ghanaian music star seemingly admitted ‘engaging in r*pe’ while having a face-off with Nigerian music star, Burna Boy over the weekend.

The Ghanaian singer had tweeted “Because he is a r*pist, He is jealous I did the same to his girl. Cuz that’s his job, R*ping jealousy”.

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A quick investigation carried out on the tweet which triggered an outcry by netizens, showed that it had been removed by Twitter.

A note which read “This Tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules” was attached to it.

Read the tweet below.

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