Wizkid Faces Jail Term In Uganda

Following the cancellation of most of his
end of the year show, which saw Wizkid
apologizing to all his Nigerian and
Ugandan fans alike, an Ugandan court has
however issued a warrant of arrest to
Wizkid.
The ‘Babanla’ crooner, was accused of
obtaining money by false pretense,
cheating and, conspiracy to defraud,
designed by Face TV lawyers of Muwema
Co. Advocates and Solicitors.
According to Ugandan.com, the filed
affidavits by Face TV lawyers of Muwema
Co. Advocates and Solicitors, revealed
that  between August 29th and November
29th 2016, Face TV paid a total
performance fee of USD60,000, a brokerage
fee of USD5,000 and USD3,000 to Sunday
Are, Wizkid’s manager. This was for the
days they were to spend in Uganda.
Upon accepting the deal, the organizers is
said to have incurred substantial expenses
in bookings and re-bookings of flights,
hotel, venue, advertisements and
promotions for the concert which
amounted to a whooping USD300, 000.
while over 25,000 people were said to have
also purchased their tickets in anticipation
of the concert.
Wizkid, was billed to perform on
December 3rd, at Lugogo Cricket Oval in
Kampala, but did not show up.
The Magistrate has now ordered police to
produce Wizkid and his manager in the
Kampala Court before or on January 16th
2017. On all counts, the pair faces  three
years jail term each.