Over 25,000 Ugandans had paid for tickets in anticipation of Africa’s biggest musician of 2016.
Wizkid who’s presently tending to health issues in US, and
his manager Sunday Are have been issued an arrest warrant, to be
produced in court on or before January 16, 2017.
Nigerian pop star Wizkid has been issued an arrest warrant for cancelling his Uganda concert recently.
The Nigerian pop star missed the concert scheduled to take place on
Saturday, December 3 at Lugogo Cricket Oval in Kampala. He was unable to
fly into Uganda from USA due to ‘unavoidable circumstances’ according
to the organisers.
‘Between 29th August 2016 and 29th November 2016, our client (Face
TV) paid to Mr. Sunday Are, Wizkid’s manager the full performance fee of
US$60,000, a brokerage fee of US$5,000 and US$3,000 being per diem for
the days they were going to stay in Uganda,’ documents filed by the
Chief Magistrates Court of Buganda detailed.
See Arrest warrant below;
Over 25,000 Ugandans had paid for tickets in anticipation of Africa’s biggest musician of 2016.
Wizkid apologised, but fresh hearsay suggested that the ‘Ojuelegba’
singer may have cancelled the concert due to the recent crisis in Kasese
District, Uganda. MTV
Organisers of the event, Face TV, lodged a criminal complaint against
Wizkid and his manager vide Case No. 875 of 2016 on charges of:
1. Obtaining money by false pretences, which carries a maximum sentence of five years
2. Cheating, which carries three years
3. Conspiracy to defraud which also carries a maximum of three years.
The court documents further reveal that substantial expenses in
booking and re-booking flights, hotel, venue, advertising and promotions
for the concert grossed over $300,000 (over N144m).
Wizkid, who is presently tending to health issues in the US, and his
manager, Sunday Are, have been issued an arrest warrant to be produced
in court on or before January 16, 2017.
On December 9, the ‘Ojuelegba’ singer announced via Twitter he’s cancelled his homecoming concert due to health reasons.
‘I’ve been on the road for 2 years touring and doing what I love
without a break,’ he said. ‘And now it’s all catching up on me.’
The Starboy homecoming concert was planned to take place at Eko Convention