When shy highlife music star, Daasebre Gyamenah landed at the Kotoka International Airport at 8:30 pm on Tuesday, he had to be whisked away Hollywood movie style in a waiting Nissan 4x4 to avoid being mobbed by a good number of enthusiastic fans who had come to meet him.

Although Daasebre had been kept for 20 minutes at the VIP Lounge by airport security hoping that the excited crowd would calm down, the cheers were as loud as ever when he finally stepped out.

The broad smile he wore and the celebrity gait he carried were a clear testimony that Daasebre Ahoofe Gyamenah himself was elated at his arrival home after almost one-year trial in the United Kingdom on a narcotic drug charge.

Gyamenah who arrived on a British Airways flight was dressed in a nice black suit, a light mauve shirt and matching flying tie and a pointed black shoes.

His wife, Deborah, who was there with family members to welcome him was in a white lace clothes, a white veil and white shoes. Daasebre and Deborah held each other’s hand firmly.

When Daasebre emerged from the arrival hall, the fans crowded him at the gate, and airport security men had to whisk him back to the VIP Lounge.

Much as the security men tried, they could not prevent journalists from following the music star back to the arrival hall as the journalists were determined to hear some words from the man they waited for several hours.

“Thank you very much for your prayers and support”, an elated Gyamenah said.

When this reporter asked him about how he felt about his arrival home as a free man, Gyamenah remarked that ”I am happy to be back home. Home is home”.

After some time, the security men had obviously hatched an escape plan to outwit the crowd. The plan failed.

The fans who saw Daasebre step out surrounded the vehicle, and made it difficult for the driver to move him away. After several attempts, the driver reversed the vehicle, negotiated a sharp curve and sped off while the fans chased the vehicle.

Some of the fans who claimed to have travelled from Takoradi, Akwatia in the Eastern Region, and parts of Accra expressed joy at the arrival of their idol but blamed the security men for making it difficult for them to interact with him.

A second-year student of the University of Ghana, Legon, Ms Comfort Lamptey, who was at the airport to welcome Gyamenah said “I just like the man. He is a nice person”.

She was worried that she could not see Gyamenah, but expressed the hope that he would compose more songs “to portray the things that he went through”.

Samuel Mensah, from Awudome in Accra and Ewurama Kwakye from Koforidua, were unhappy that they travelled all the way to see their idol, but could not get a good view of him.

Mrs Theresa Mensah, the wife of Gyamenah’s producer, expressed joy at the arrival of the music star. She was hopeful that his acquittal and discharge would boost the market of his latest album “A Friend in Need”.

Gyamenah was freed by the Isleworth Crown Court in London for his alleged involvement in a drug-related case after almost one-year trial.

He was consequently released by the British Prisons authorities on Monday after the jury which tried him found him not guilty of the offence last Friday.