Controversy seems to trail Wizkid as honey attracts bees.
The
talented lad was in the news again recently and this time, it was
alleged that he was arrested in far away Kenya for smoking Indian hemp.
Reports in a Kenyan newspaper, Standard Media,
stated that Wizkid was arrested in Nairobi in his Plaza Crown Hotel
room on Saturday afternoon. The arrest was said to be in connection with
allegations that he was caught smoking Marijuana.
It
reported that Wizkid was caught smoking inside the hotel where smoking
is prohibited. The hotel’s front officer was reported to have queried
Wizkid for smoking the prohibited substance, which led to a heated
argument that reportedly attracted the hotel security officers who ended
up calling the police to arrest him.
According
to the report, before police officers cuffed and drove him to Capital
Hill police station where he was quizzed, the hotel had already charged
him with Sh50, 000 smoking penalty, which he was said to have paid
through his credit card.
In the
report, Kenyan singer Victoria Kimani, who was described as ‘his newly
found flame’ bailed him. She was reported to have been with Wizkid at
the hotel the previous day. Because of the incident, the paper said
Wizkid who was due to leave for Lagos at around 3pm was forced to cancel
the flight.
Effort to contact the hotel by Saturday Beats was futile as calls made to its telephone numbers could not connect.
However,
Wizkid’s manager, Seun Johnson, said that although the artiste was in
Kenya for different shows, he was not arrested for smoking marijuana.
“It
is just a rumour that they are peddling online. He was in Kenya at
different days for different events. There is no truth in what they
posted online,” Johnson said.
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