As TheUgandan had earlier reported, Buganda Road Chief Magistrates court has issued arrest warrant for Nigerian Musician, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun aka Wiz Kid.
Signed off by His Worship Moses Baligeya Mufumbiro, the Arrest warrant was attracted by the preferred charges of obtaining money by false pretense, cheating and, conspiracy to defraud, designed by Face TV lawyers of Muwema Co. Advocates and Solicitors.
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The filed affidavits show how between August 29th and November 29th 2016, Face TV paid to Sunday Are, Wizkid’s Manager a total performance fee of USD60,000, a brokerage fee of USD5,000 and USD3,000 as per diem for the days they were to spend in Uganda.
After their approval, the organizers proceeded to incur substantial expenses in bookings and re-bookings of flights, hotel, venue, advertisements and promotions for the concert to the tune of over USD300, 000. In the meantime, over 25,000 people had already bought tickets in anticipation of the concert.
Wizkid was slated to perform at Lugogo Cricket Oval in Kampala on December 3rd 2016 but did not turn up.
Monday, October 27th 2014, Wizkid was also arrested at Nairobi Crown Plaza Hotel in Kenya where he had been staying for a whole weekend and quizzed after being nabbed smoking marijuana.
