Tems reveals experience in Ugandan prison, calls it a set up
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Tems explained, “We didn’t break the COVID-19 rules. It was basically like a setup. 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".
By Victoria Oluwayemi
Temilade Openiyi, known as Tems, a Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, has shared her harrowing experience during her time in a Ugandan prison.
Tems, along with Omah Lay, was apprehended and taken to court, eventually being detained in a Ugandan prison.
This incident occurred after they made an appearance at a concert held at Speke Resort in Kampala on December 12, despite the presence of COVID-19 social distancing regulations.
In a recent interview with Angie Martinez from Power 105.1 FM in New York, Tems maintained that they did not violate COVID-19 regulations, asserting that the whole situation felt like a deliberate trap.
The Oscar-nominated artiste mentioned that at one point, she didn’t believe she would be released and had started to settle into her new environment, emphasizing her ability to adapt quickly.
Tems explained, “We didn’t break the COVID-19 rules. It was basically like a setup. 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”.
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