'What is it with Uganda?' - Nigerians react to the arrest of Rexxie in Uganda
Producer of the viral hit song 'Abracadabra', Rexxie has been arrested by the immigration of the East African country, Uganda.
The award-winning producer and DJ Ezeh Chisom Faith, who is professionally known as Rexxie, took to his social media platform today, Monday, March 11, 2024, to reveal that he had been arrested by the immigration authorities in Uganda.
Although there has been no confirmation as to why and how the rest was made, the producer called on well meaning Nigerians to provide the help and support he would require.
The reports of the arrest sparked numerous reactions on social media, and here are some of the reactions below:
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Rexxie has been arrested in Uganda. They once arrested Tems and Omah Lay too. What’s going on?
— OLAMIDE 🌸💖 (@Olamide0fficial) March 11, 2024
Rexxie has been arrested in Uganda, First it was omah lay, Tems and Muyiwa in 2020, what’s with Uganda and Arresting Nigerian Artiste ffs.
— ✞ (@Deyvxxd_) March 11, 2024
Wetin Nigerian artiste do Ugandan police self ? I remember Omah lay and Tems and now it’s Rexxie. Wetin dey sup ? Who we go call like this ?
— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) March 11, 2024
What’s it with Uganda? Nigerian artistes always getting arrested in the country, first it was Omah Lay and Tems then now I’m hearing Rexxie has been arrested too this morning by the immigration office.
— BASITO (@itzbasito) March 11, 2024
This is not the first time the Ugandan authorities would be arresting a Nigerian artist or producer as the Grammy award-winning singer Tems and the 'SOSO' crooner Omah Lay were also arrested as far back as 2020.
Speaking on the arrest in 2020 Tems stated, “We didn’t 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 wasn’t on lockdown. It was the aftermath.
“And the organisers said they had the permit, they sent us the permit. Everything was cool. And went there and there is this particular artist, I’m not sure now what his role was but he was just busy threatening Nigerian artists that they shouldn’t come. And after the show, the police came. They weren’t 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? Later, I found out that there was some weird… That was so scary. I spent two nights in prison. I thought I wasn’t 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 adapt real quick.”
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