Singer Tems Recounts Her Ugandan Prison Experience

Nigerian music star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems has recounted the time she spent in a Ugandan prison a year ago.

In 2020, Tems was arrested and detained alongside another famous Nigerian musician, Omah lay.

In a tweet shared via her Twitter page, to mark the memory of the incident which occurred on 13 December 2020, the singer recounted how her life has changed one year after the ugly incident.

“This very day Last Year, I was sitting in prison in Uganda bonding with women and kids. I almost can’t believe the things I’ve seen so far. All I can say is God is too awesome and He will always have the last and final laugh,” she tweeted.

Tems and Omah Lay were arrested on Sunday, December 13, 2020, for performing at an ‘unauthorised concert’ and disobeying COVID-19 protocols.

After their arrest, the singers were on Monday, December 14 arraigned in court on charges of doing “acts that are likely to cause the spread of the infectious disease Covid-19.”

They were later released after spending two days behind bars.

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