Addis Fortune reports that singer Teddy Afro was sent to Kaliti jail today. There is no doubt that the whole thing has been orchestrated by Woyanne to silence Teddy. Read the full report below:
(Addis Fortune) – Ethiopia’s sensational stage performer, Tewodros Kassahun – popularly known as Teddy-Afro – is sent today, April 16, 2008, to the Addis Abeba Central Prison Centre after the Federal High Court eighth criminal bench, adjourned to rule over his appeal for right of bail on charges of murder.
He was under custody inside the Federal High Court, Lideta area, for couple of hours before a white minibus from the Prison Administration took him to Kaliti early this afternoon, together with other inmates. Fans, family members and his agent, Addis Gessese, have gathered inside the court before the minibus drove out.
Yet to be confirmed, he is believed to have been taken to Kaliti Prison Centre, located in the outskirts of the city. Dressed with red T-shirt and black pant, he appeared nervous and seemed unable to focus when talking to reporters gathered inside the Court, but maintained his innocence of the crime he is alleged to have committed.
“I’ve yet to compose my thoughts,” Tewodros told reporters who showered him with series of questions. “Nevertheless, I haven’t hit anyone with a car.”
On November 3, 2006, investigators from the Addis Abeba Police Commission arrested Tewodros Kassahun, suspecting him of leaving a scene of a car accident that they alleged has caused the death of an 18-year old Degu Yibelte. Degu, a street dweller who came from Gojjam to reside with his uncle before he moved out to the streets, was killed on the night of November 2, 2006, after he was hit by a car. Police was tipped on phone a plate number of a BMW by a taxi driver whose identity they were trying to establish at the time.
Later that night, around after midnight, a BMW owned and driven by the singer was found collided with a concrete that blocked road under-construction around Gurd Sholla area, on the road to the CMC residential complex. Police claimed at the time, the plate number of this vehicle was identical to the number they were tipped of by the unidentified taxi driver as involved in the accident that killed Degu.
After he was put under custody for a day, Tewodros was released on a 50,000 Birr bail the following day, on November 4, 2006.
Prosecutors have now pressed charges against the popular singer: According to the Ethiopian Penal Code, a driver who hit a person to death and drives 15 metre away from the scene of an accident would be charged of homicide. The court is adjourned for Monday, April 21, to decide whether or not Tewodros be granted release on bail.
169 thoughts on “Woyanne throws Teddy Afro in jail”
I am shocked!!!!
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is very sad to hear this! Teddy is the greatest!
This is absolutely a WOYANE plot.
We will stand forever by your side.
I am afriad they will not release him.There is no true judge in Ethiopia.If they believe that he has comitted a crime why they waited for more than a year to arrest him.This is the usual under cover tactics of EPRDF.
God bless Ethiopia and its people so that we will live in peace.I wish Teddy to be strong as he was in the past.
Hey if indeed he hit the poor man and killed him, he must pay for his crime. Ethiopia is never short of singers and politicians. What we lack is wisdom and truthfullness.
Betam Yasazenal. Gradually Wayane will put all prominant Ethiopians in their jail.
no comment.
This is very difficult. As much as I adore teddy, This should be investigated and if found guilty, he is no different than anybody. Just because we love somebody does not mean that person can get away with murder. Again, I am not chraging him or saying he is guilty but there is a possiblity that it could be the case. Just because I detest the government does not make me think everything they do is wrong. As a cristian, I hope the truth will come out and that innocent kid’s life will not go in vain.
It is really a sad story.
These woyannes, I don’t know what we can do with them, please my Tigrean brothers who are helping Meles, try to see what you are doing to the country your fathers built with their blood.PLeseeeeeeee
Ayzoh Teddy
zare woyane byaserih
atikoch jegna ethiopiawi
tor eyegesegese new
yasfetahal anten bicha say hon
70,milion hizbachinin ke woyane
netsa enawetawalen ayzoh berta !!
ethiopia ye woyane mekeleja hona atykerym
Dill le Ethiopia netsa awichi ginbar
gena addis abebana mekelen tor meda enadergatalen
Noooooo – Not Teddy please – He is the only hope left for that country. We want him – We love him. They were looking for a reason for so long to do this to him – they managed atlast – But I promise u – eventhough you put him in jail for ever – he will keep inspiring us. He is one of the True Ethiopian whom will never be forgotten. But you guys – I tell you will pay for this. Not later – soon.
Ende!!!
Who did Teddy Afro murder???????????????????
Please Elias let us know the details!!!
Why no other Ethiopian website post this news?
He has to get what he deserves though is a good stage performer.
So what ??Ealias,Why you put it as a breaking news………………….
They jammed the radio stations comming from abroad. They blocked all prodemocraccy websites. They silenced free expression by silencing all critical journalists. They chased out the brightest professors. They denied Kinijit its name and and emblem. They sensored all art and theater.
Now, were you expecting the woyane to sit by and watch this brilliant popular singer who inspires young people to stay a free man?
The Tigre gangs ruling Ethiopia have no redlines they dont cross. Can we stop this stupidity, unite as one people and fight. I will go anywhere to fight this evil people. Dont tell me not to take support even from Eritrea. Sombody has to speak the woyane language. I will do anything toward that.
They Woyane want to destroy this young man. That is part of the huge project fools. Live with this humiliation or do somelthing.
shame shame ….this is revange because he is not follow weyane.
No justice “god be with you”
hi guys if he has done it really he is supposed to be not different from other citizens. But if this is the governments way of abusing citizens whom they always afraid of threatening their political interest it is not a new thing. So many people have been in jail still there are lots of people in prison. Well this is unfortunate for Teddy as well if the case is not related with the suspect. Election is already passed 5 more years till miracle happens in that country for honest leaders. Except a miracle happens i also do-not see a potential leader from the current opstion leaders or from the ruling party. Everyone of them are selfish, very ethnic centered.
We all know why Teddy-Afro is suffering. It is because he is critical of Zenawi. ” beasrasebat medfie betekemew kumta”. All we can do is stand firm with him and demand his release. To me he is the true patriot and we must fight for his release from Zenawi’s jail.
Stand up for our rights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is just an azmari. If he commits the crime let him rot in prison
Does this has anything to do with election? may be they are scared he would encourage people to stand up and fight for what they believe. after all he is teddy, we listen to him.
Well, he should known better when he moved back to Ethiopia. Any one who thinks he or she can survive under this regime while being regard on the other side or an enemy, is either stuborn or foolish. Teddy’s decision to return back home from the US after releasing Yasterseryal, whether it was because of the love of his country or purely a business decision, was simply stupid. I have the atmost admiration and sympathy to him. He is the best and most talented musician the country has produced to-date. If it is not clear to us by now who Woyane is, we will never ever get it. Those of you who are planning to move back better think twice unless you are one of them. The only safe way to return back home is through the bushes armed with …
Time for Teddi to say “Ja Ayastesereyem” and come back to his Lord and Saviour.
I think now he will get a good time to wright a lot of outstanding songs. I can’t wait to hear those songs coming out from Kaliti.
pleas we have to consider evey thing 1st ok.if he is a cause of the poor guy’s death,he should get proper penality,WHO is he?am agree with this 100% but if it is weyane’s revenge,I said “Tedy God bless u”
To Ato Elias;
You said, “There is no doubt that the whole thing has been orchestrated by Woyanne to silence Teddy.”
Why need to silence him? Can you elaborate?
Because of the patriotic hence anti-Woyanne tone in his music – Elias
Teddy is a very wise young man beyond his age who loves his country and his fellow countrymen.The crime which he is accused of is not in consistence with him.If teddy were such a mindless criminal there would have been no reason for him to remain in that country.He could have preferred a life without stress and freedom like many artists in the west.Weyane showed us time and again how they are revengeful and at the same time how they are cowards.As long as he remains in that country teddy is a threat to weyane.Is there a need to discuss weyanes system to eliminate the people whom it considers as a threat??
Seifu from Germany
All including Teddy and the innocent kid killed are equal before the law!
Justice is justice but let’s not also conclude that he has done it before it is proved so. He is innocent until he is proven guilty!! But, if found criminal, even Teddy must face justice!!
It is not fair to prosecute him after two years.WHAT special evidence the prosecutor got after two years?I think this is harrassment.Teddy is a celebrity.Imagin the number of ethiopians suffering from the weak judiciary and the legal systum set by woyanes for the woyanes.
Erimyas, from America
Teddy now got what he lacks as a singer. This arrest and possible charge will make him one of the DEATH ROW brothers like tupac, biggie and snoop-dog. lol
But i hope he didn’t kill the person. If he killed him, he is no difference than any other citizens. But the problem is that how do we know whether he is responsible or not.
It looks like Woyanne is in vengience against the song “ba 17 amet Qunta, adis NeGus Meta”. Only God knows.
well, more than the news, what intrigued me much is what most people think about the case. I love teddy and he is a great singer and a legend( not a simple azmari as some claimed him to be). But fame should never blind us to compromise truth and justice. If he really killed that poor guy, it is sad but he has to pay for that, as Teddy’s life is in no way greater than the street boy. If he is really innocent, as he claimed to be, then God help him. I wouldn’t argue there is justice in ethio, but put yourself in the shoe of that poor guys family. Teddy is a human being, he could make a mistake, no one is perfect. Hope truth prevails.
May God put the boy’s life in heaven
Milli
if he committed the crime, he should get maxi prison term. this poor kid from gojjam one day may be would be an immportant person for the country, so justce must serve. this is not about woyana this is a crime that kill a young man with a lot of dream because we never know what this young man do for his country, so if he is innocent god bless him but if he did it send him to hell, he is just a regular azmari.
This is really worst news for me.
I was so sad
If Tedy real committed the crime it is even too late to bring him to justices. As for me there should be certain truth to come out either ways. It seems, there are some clues and evidences linked to this guy repeatedly. I hope Tedy did not committe the crime delibrately- he is innocent in that sense. But, the guilty occured as he drank and drove as reported before. Anyway, please you guys’ do not polorize the subjiect with politics. Tedy is an ordinary and/or uneducated artist as anybody else. Once again, if he did the crime he deserve to be enforced by all laws governig human life.
I feel sorry for tedy and other ethiopians who ,wants to go back to live in Ethiopia.I am sorry for those of you building a house in Ethiopia dreaming one day you go back and live with your people .My friends think more than twowice before you decided to do so.Woyane’s are a blood sucking beast do any thing to trap you .Don’t let those Dogs catch you.I belive no body is obove the law ,but in this case no way ,they can’t fool any body.
Bishangari from Bavaria,Germany
Woyne Tediye, ayzoh wondimen. Meles enatu ***
It is weyanes plan to revenge for his ‘YASTESERIYA’
It is sad, I love Teddy – the person. He is a very comasionate and warm human being. He is an inteligent and mature person beyoned his age. Above all, Teddy’s love for his country and people is boundless. I know Teddy in person and have chatted with him on the phone on several occasions. It is beyond my belief that Teddy would flee an accident scene with him at the wheels while an innocente by stander is smashed to his death. This is unlike the Teddy I have known and love.
I am equally Saddend that another poor Ethiopian soul (Degu from Gojjam) has perished.For now, I shall have faith in truth and stick to “innocent until proven guilty” mantra. Time will tell!!
Abe
Do not dream to live in Ethiopia as long as weyane is in power!
Now Teddy is jail and the Gonder farmers are obligated to sign a paper to give their own land to Sudan? what is left? only armed struggle.
I don’t c u all givn a dam about Ethiopian Land being given to Sudan do u now! Bunch of Hippocreates mother f***ers that includ this editor up in here!
I am sorry for Teddy, nevertheless no one should be above the law of the country he resides.
The Woyanne-Tigraians are very very patient gangs. Actually, in the evil business that they are involved they are the best. Unless mother natures responds earl on Meles or Shabia pounces from the north, we will be under Woyannies rule for another 20 more years.
Woyannies will keep on recording whatever you do and whatever you say, then one day they will just pounce you when you thought “ager selam new::”
They got him at the right time. To divert the issues from the fake election, first they tried the bomb in Addis and blamed as usual the OLF, ONLF and Issias but it did not work. This time every person and the kid in the nation is talking about Teddy-Afro, not about the fake election and it worked. Almost, every month a high or low level business people or neighbours are quite often murdered by Tigrigna speaking security members in every city in Ethiopia but none of them ever appears in court because they can speak Tigrigna. Just like Seye is free but poor Tamrat and the Mecha Tulumas are languishing in jail.
Like it or not, Woyannies will win all the next elections and will pee on us for the next 20 years. Meles will do everything to equal or beat His Majesty’s rule, his only problem is his cousin in the north.
Please before knowing all the facts do not jump to conclusion.
He might have committed a crime and if he did he ought to be punished.
This guy is known for Drinking and Driving. After all, his car was found crushed.
I like to see bad people feel and I am happy about it!
Ai Yediaspora poletica!!
Wedefit yenanten abal key yerafic mebrat sikomew lela HR 2003 be lela pine lela self be DC
Hig Yalebet ager eyenorachehu heg yematawku.
enkuan Azmari kenegitachehum fereng aldanewm .
some guys seem confused about weyane and telling us if he committed the crime he has to pay for it.Here is what some guys not understand,Weyane is the one who doesn’t respect the law IT wrote.So only weyanes are immunes from any crime.If the law works properly,it was meles zenawi and his dogs supposed to be in jail for killing thousands innocent people.
All Ethiopians except the very few TPLF affiliated groups know the truth.. Weyanes have all the times been fabricating to incriminate whoever they think is a great threat for their existence.. After all, never forget that Meles Zenawi and his ethnic blinded tribal fellows are the one who played on the blood of thousands of Agnuak people (The Gambella Massacre), the one who played on the blood of thousands of Sidama people (The Awassa Massacre), the one who played on the blood of thousands of innocent people in Oromiya and Amhara, the one who mocked on the blood of thousands of people in Addis Ababa (The Addis Ababa Massacres- January 1993, April 2001, Feb-April 2003, June 2005, October 2005, November 2005, December 2005)and many others… all the times TPLF people were incriminating the innocent victims even the 7 years old child of an attempt to overthrow the government by force or bank robery blah blah… Dearest Ethiopians, think of the families of those martyrs.. think what they feel for their beloveds who are deceased fighting tyranical rule…… put yourself at their place for a second and try to feel their feelings…. then you will definetely understand what love is all about, what unity means …. we all should not wait until injustice and inhuman treatment knock at our individual door… what happens to your neighbour could happen to you all any time….. Remember, ethnic blinded TPLF bunches are the ones who made the Nation land locked for the first time ever, who committed so many massacres and who still do systemic repression. They killl and incriminate the inoocent.
TPLF and its tyrany will fall down!
The Nations will prevail!
‘o’ my God what’s gone on with this monesters
weyane besebese
Hey Guys ..
if he did it he have to pay a price no matter who he is..what about the poor kid..?
biratu
Tedi is a wonderful singer and we love him for that. However, if the charges are true, he made a serious error of judgement. I am sorry to learn that he was involved in such an accident, perhaps after drinking, and leaving the area. If he did it (it has to be judged in the court of law without a shred of doubt), well he has to stand accountable for his action and decision. That does not diminish his status in contemporary Ethiopian music.
What all Ethiopians know and aware of is that in a crime ridden regime anhybody influenced by the system the robbers put in place;however,a few years agao children and adults witnessed an accident that caused by a driver who hit a young educated person and crippled him for life.
The driver had left the spot of accident with no compasion or anything that would help the accident victim to the hospital. Sad.
If indeed, Tedi caused the accident, he must be juged by Ethiopians not by the crime ridden regime which itself is criminal in many ways.
The rumor has been that alchol has been a big player in causing the horrable accident in which the driver has been consumed the whole night, and that poor Ethiopian’s life has been wasted by the ouulaw driver who thinks he is above the law as the members of the crimefamily are.
No single person of high status must know that Ethiopians are the ones who must fight for the victim’s right.
Young Ethiopians it is time to join and fight against Wayane… How long are we going to be silent when our fellow Ethiopian suffer. Today Teddy, tomorrow it is you. This is a plot by Wayene, Teddy did not do the crime.