Wizkid reportedly “abandons” his Abidjan performance after his cancellation in Accra and flies to Cotonou

Wizkid, a Nigerian singer, reportedly canceled a performance in Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, following a similar event on December 10 in Accra.

Despite tweeting about the concert hours before it started, the musician, real name Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, who was scheduled to play at the Accra Sports Stadium alongside R2Bees, King Promise, and other Ghanaian artists, failed to show up.

He gave an explanation for why he skipped the headline performance of #WizkidLiveAccra at the Accra Sports Stadium in a social media post late on Sunday.

But other Ivory Coast media reports, including one from the LSI Africa portal in French, confirmed the Abidjan event in a tweet:

“Expected in Accra on Saturday for a concert, the Nigerian artiste @wizkidayo never showed up. Sunday in Abidjan, he was conspicuously absent from another show, but he was seen tonight in Cotonou, Benin, where he landed on a private jet shortly before midnight,” LSI Africa tweeted late Sunday.

In the meantime, pictures of Wizkid, King Promise, and other celebrities on a private plane have been extensively circulated on social media. A video of his alleged performance before a sizable crowd in the city of Benin is also making waves on social media.

Customers in Accra furious that Wizkid didn’t appear

Fans and audience members who had spent a lot of money on tickets for the performance were incensed by his absence, and many took to social media to lambast him for breaking his word, disrespecting them, and wasting their time.

After being “dragged” online for more than 15 hours, Wizkid responded on social media and explained why he left the event.

He expressed regret to his followers and thanked them for attending the show, but he also said that he was unable to play that night due to “safety and production concerns.”

Here is a statement from Wizkid:

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