Temilade Openiyi, better known by her stage name Tems, is a Nigerian musician who has shared personal details regarding her incarceration in Uganda for taking part in an unauthorized performance.
In an interview with Angie Martinez on Power 105.1 FM in New York, Tems revealed the sentimental causes of her sobbing while incarcerated.
The musician and Omah Lay were detained by Ugandan police in December 2020 for their involvement in an event at the Ddungu Resort in Munyonyo, Kampala City.
Their alleged violations of COVID-19 procedures in Uganda were the main basis for the allegations brought against them.
Eventually, both musicians were freed from prison after social media outcry from Nigerian fans.
As she related her story, Tems claimed she started crying.
The singer, however, insisted that neither she nor Omah Lay had broken any COVID-19 regulations, suggesting that the whole thing could have been a "setup."
She said, “We did not break the COVID-19 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 was not on lockdown. It was the aftermath.
“And the organisers said they had the permit, they sent us the permit. Everything was cool. But there was this particular artiste. I am not sure now what his role was but he was just busy threatening Nigerian artistes that they should not come. And after the show, the police came. They were not 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.
“So, he went with them. But they came back upstairs to pick me up. So, it was like who called them?
“I spent two nights in prison. I thought I was not 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 adapted real quick and as I was walking in I started to cry because they gave me my uniform and it stunk because they do not wash it.
“Once I walked in everyone turned and looked at me and whispered and I was like ‘what have I done? I cannot cry’ and I just started winking, that was my way of adapting. I must show these people that I am confident so I started being extra winking and saying hi and they were laughing”.
"Why I Wept in the Ugandan Prison" The Tems
Temilade Openiyi, better known by her stage name Tems, is a Nigerian musician who has shared personal details regarding her incarceration in Uganda for taking part in an unauthorized performance.
In an interview with Angie Martinez on Power 105.1 FM in New York, Tems revealed the sentimental causes of her sobbing while incarcerated.
The musician and Omah Lay were detained by Ugandan police in December 2020 for their involvement in an event at the Ddungu Resort in Munyonyo, Kampala City.
Their alleged violations of COVID-19 procedures in Uganda were the main basis for the allegations brought against them.
Eventually, both musicians were freed from prison after social media outcry from Nigerian fans.
As she related her story, Tems claimed she started crying.
The singer, however, insisted that neither she nor Omah Lay had broken any COVID-19 regulations, suggesting that the whole thing could have been a "setup."
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