Controversial Ghanaian rapper, Kwaw Kese, says his experience in prison has taught him one of the greatest lessons in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After serving a jail term for smoking cannabis in public, Kwaw Kese says he now reveres the law and will never engage in acts that would land him in prison custody again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview on Day Break Hitz on Monday, the music act cautioned fellow artistes against activities that have the potential to destroy their reputation and brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn all, it\u2019s the law. When the law catches you, there\u2019s nothing you can do about it. I really respect the law. I am somebody the law has dealt with before, so, there is no way I will disrespect the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t wish anyone to be jailed in Ghana. Freedom is very expensive in Ghana,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kwaw Kese was tried for narcotic offences and was sentenced to a day\u2019s imprisonment and fine of GHc1,200 in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rapper, popularly called \u2018Abodam\u2019, has since been advocating for decongesting of the country\u2019s prisons and improving conditions there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recounting events that led to his arrest, Kwaw Kese claimed that the policeman who arrested him was drunk upon arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police man, CID, the so-called CID who came out to pull a gun on me and all that\u2026he was shaking; his gun fell down, he was drunk. If you want to arrest somebody, I believe that you have to have the warrant to arrest the person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut if you come with a force by yourself, drunk and unable to control yourself, anybody who has a bad intention, could have done something else. It should be done right. That\u2019s why I believe I was a target at the time,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, \u201cthere\u2019s more to it than what we saw; it was something that somebody had planned to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, \u201cit came into my life and changed my life. It made me respect the laws of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n