Nigerian female music star, Tems has revealed her bitter experience.

She said: “I thought I wasn’t gonna come out from prison in Uganda. I thought I was seeing it for a reason like maybe I was meant to help the people.”

“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 don’t wash it.”

“It was a small room and there was nothing, there’s just the floor they give you blankets and tissues and you’re just on the floor, no bed and I did it for two days.”

“I didn’t even know I was going to get out, I didn’t have any ears on the ground nobody told me anything.”

“Outside everyone was like ‘free Tems, free Omah lay but inside I was just hopeful, waiting.”

“Once I walked in everyone turned and looked at me and whispering and I was like ‘what have I done? I can’t cry’ and I just started winking, that was my way of adapting.”

“I must show these people that I’m confident so I started being extra winking and saying hi and they were laughing.”

“The woman in charge of the women’s prisons came to me to explain the rules and regulations, as well as the repercussions of breaking the rules.”

“The apex punishment was solitary confinement in a small store with no food or water. I was told that I had to kneel to speak to officials and we were fed only once a day.”

“During the two days I spent in the prison, I didn’t eat and continued sipping water every day.”

For those who don’t know, Tems and Omah Lay were charged to court by the Uganda police for flouting Covid-19 guidelines after lockdown.

This happened on December 12, 2020 after the duo had performed at Speke Resort, Kampala, Uganda.