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Since news broke last Thursday that the Police had arrested Nana Asiamah Hanson aka Bulldog, 36, in connection with the murder of Fennec Okyere, local showbiz circles have been abuzz with one question. �Did Bulldog, who is the manager of prominent dancehall musician, Shatta Wale, kill Fennec Okyere, manager of popular rap musician Kwaw Kesse?� Fennec Okyere was found dead in his house on Spintex Road in Accra on March 13 , 2014. His body was found in a pool of blood. According to the Police, Bulldog was arrested last week after a two-month surveillance for the perpetrators of the alleged murder and has been in police custody �to assist with investigations�. Speaking to the Daily Graphic last Thursday, the Director General of the CID, Commissioner of Police (COP ) Mr. Prosper Agblor, told the Daily Graphic that Bulldog is alleged to have threatened Fennec on several occasions through voice and text messages on phone. He said investigations by the police established that Bulldog had several confrontations with Fennec and threatened to teach Fennec a lesson. First Confrontation Citing some of the instances, Mr. Agblor said on November 26, 2012, Bulldog had a confrontation with Fennec during a programme at the Accra International Conference Centre dubbed "Night with the Stars". At the programme, organised by Joy FM, Kwaw Kesse stepped on a banner with the inscription: VIP, when he mounted the stage to perform. It was reported that Bulldog, who managed VIP, a music trio, was not happy and confronted Fennec over the issue. Fennec, on the other hand, tried to explain but, according to reports, that explanation did not go down well with the suspect, who organised some men to chase Fennec and his group away from the programme. Another Confrontation Later, Mr. Ablorh said, investigations showed that during an entertainment discussion programme on Peace FM, during which both Fennec and Bulldog were interviewed, the suspect was offended by the answers provided by Fennec to questions from the host. "After the programme, Bulldog called Fennec and threatened to send his boys after him to teach him a lesson and to get rid of him,� Mr. Agblor said. The CID?Director General said Fennec retorted that, �the boys cannot do anything to him and that he could talk to them to calm down because he too has a group of boys he works with�. Subsequently, the CID boss said, there were a series of threatening voice calls and text messages from unknown persons believed to be agents of the suspect. The police investigations also established that on March 12, 2014, Fennec received a call from an unknown caller. Unfortunately, Fennec was found dead at his residence at Manet Gardens on the Spintex Road the next morning. �Surprisingly, the suspect went into hiding after the murder of Fennec. The police monitored his house and other places, including entertainment shows, but he failed to show up,� Mr. Agblor said.