Tems reveals how she spent 2 nights in Jail in Uganda
Popular Nigerian singer Tems has revealed how she spent 2 nights in Jail in Uganda. The singer has narrated her ordeal when she travelled to Uganda and was jailed. She revealed that she wasn't the only one as it was both she and another Nigerian Singer, Omah Lay who had beem arrested.
Her full name is Temilade Openiyi but she is famously known as Tems. She is a 28 year old singer who became famous after featuring in Wizkid’s 2020 hit song titled Essence. She is a Grammy award-winning singer. Other than the Grammys, she has won numerous awards.
She disclosed this incident about herself and Omah Lay being Jailed in a Ugandan prison. This was during a recent interview on Power 105.1 FM, New York which was hosted by Angie Martinez. Tems shared that other than being arrested, they were even charged to court.
This was because they had made an appearance at a concert which had been held at Speke Resort, Kampala, Uganda. This occured on Saturday 12th of December, 2020. This was despite the COVID-19 social distancing restrictions that had be placed at the time. Tems claimed that the whole thing was “ a setup.” She says she amd Omah Lay didn't break any Covid rules.
She revaled that she had even thought she won't get to come out of prison. She stated that she had even begun to settle in the prison. She described herself as someone who adapts very quickly.
In her words “We didn’t break the rules. It was basically like a set up. We went to Uganda, I had a show there. It was during COVID year but they had opened things up that time. They had just had a rally in Uganda. People were going out. It wasn’t on lockdown. It was the aftermath. And the organisers said they had the permit, they sent us the permit. Everything was cool. And went there and there is this particular artist, I’m not sure now what his role was but he was just busy threatening Nigerian artists that they shouldn’t come. And after the show, the police came. They weren’t in uniforms. They just knocked on my hotel room. My manager and I were eating lunch or dinner. And they just came and said we should follow them and my manager was like he would go with them and he went with them"
She continued saying "they came back upstairs to pick me up. So, it was like who called them? That was so scary. I spent two nights in prison. I thought I wasn’t gonna come out. I thought maybe I was going through it for a reason. I was like maybe this is for me to help the people in prison. It was crazy, I ain’t gonna lie. I was settling in because I adapt real quick.”
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Popular Nigerian singer Tems has revealed how she spent 2 nights in Jail in Uganda. The singer has narrated her ordeal when she travelled to Uganda and was jailed. She revealed that she wasn't the only one as it was both she and another Nigerian Singer, Omah Lay who had beem arrested.
Her full name is Temilade Openiyi but she is famously known as Tems. She is a 28 year old singer who became famous after featuring in Wizkid’s 2020 hit song titled Essence. She is a Grammy award-winning singer. Other than the Grammys, she has won numerous awards.
She disclosed this incident about herself and Omah Lay being Jailed in a Ugandan prison. This was during a recent interview on Power 105.1 FM, New York which was hosted by Angie Martinez. Tems shared that other than being arrested, they were even charged to court.
This was because they had made an appearance at a concert which had been held at Speke Resort, Kampala, Uganda. This occured on Saturday 12th of December, 2020. This was despite the COVID-19 social distancing restrictions that had be placed at the time. Tems claimed that the whole thing was “ a setup.” She says she amd Omah Lay didn't break any Covid rules.
She revaled that she had even thought she won't get to come out of prison. She stated that she had even begun to settle in the prison. She described herself as someone who adapts very quickly.
In her words “We didn’t break the rules. It was basically like a set up. We went to Uganda, I had a show there. It was during COVID year but they had opened things up that time. They had just had a rally in Uganda. People were going out. It wasn’t on lockdown. It was the aftermath. And the organisers said they had the permit, they sent us the permit. Everything was cool. And went there and there is this particular artist, I’m not sure now what his role was but he was just busy threatening Nigerian artists that they shouldn’t come. And after the show, the police came. They weren’t in uniforms. They just knocked on my hotel room. My manager and I were eating lunch or dinner. And they just came and said we should follow them and my manager was like he would go with them and he went with them"
She continued saying "they came back upstairs to pick me up. So, it was like who called them? That was so scary. I spent two nights in prison. I thought I wasn’t gonna come out. I thought maybe I was going through it for a reason. I was like maybe this is for me to help the people in prison. It was crazy, I ain’t gonna lie. I was settling in because I adapt real quick.”
See interview clip