Wizkid Facing 11-Year Jail Term For Canceling Concert In Uganda [PICS]

The Starboy chief faces 11-year jail term in Uganda a Ugandan court has issued an arrest warrant for Wizkid and his manager Sunday Aare.

The arrest warrant was issued to the Nigerian star for cancelling his Uganda concert recently.

The afropop singer 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.

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 reports.

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 recently cancelled all his remaining shows and concerts for the year due to health issues.