Pentecostal Council: We Are Disappointed In Chris Brown’s Act

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), has asked the Police to invite organisers of the 'Chris Brown' Hope City Launch Concert to assist in investigating the R&B Superstar, Chris Brown's smoking of weed on stage.

The 'Chris Brown' Hope City Launch Concert was organised by rLG and powered Charter house Productions with support from Empire Entertainment.

The 'Beautiful People' singer who was paid $1 million to perform on Tuesday, promoted the smoke of marijuana when he grabbed a stick of weed, started smoking and advised the audience to do same; saying: “if anybody is tripping on you smoking weed, f**k them”

The laws of Ghana frown on the possession or smoke of Indian hemp popularly called wee or 'ganja'. For that reason, many see it as disrespect to our country and have asked why the police did nothing to stop him.

Speaking in an interview on Peace FM's midday news bulletin on Thursday, Apostle Samuel Yaw Antwi, General Secretary of GPCC, expressed his disappointment at Chris Brown's act and has asked the police not to just comment on it but to do something about it.

“We were very saddened by that act. We are really disturbed. If you look at the amount of money which was given to him only to come and put up this act and even advice the youth to stand up against anyone who will ask them not to smoke; is very sad. You would ask yourself; where are we going as a country. We are pleading with the police not to just talk about the issue but invite the organisers to assist in their investigations…” he opined.

Apostle Samuel Yaw Antwi also expressed disappointment in DSP Cephas Arthur for asking Ghanaians to consider what Chris Brown did as 'one of those things and let it go'.

The Director of Public Affairs at the police headquarters, DSP Cephas Arthur told Kwame Nkrumah on Okay FM that Ghanaians should forget about what Chris Brown said because he does not know of the laws of our country.

According to him, if anybody listens and abides by what he said (indulges in smoking weed), that person will be arrested and prosecuted.

“I am very disappointed in what DSP Cephas Arthur said, because if it were to be a Ghanaian, he or she would have been arrested. This is a public event and if the money was used to promote a local artiste it would even have been better…” he added.