Olamide on stage
Twitter user @Princess_Jacki_ is
an Olamide fan who was dissatisfied with the OLIC3 event that she
attended and wrote a few words about it. We have reproduced the entire
text below.
‘Yesterday was OLIC, I never thought I’d say this, but it was zero. Security was zero; organization was zero as well.
Firstly, porous security. Anyone, I mean anyone, could
literally walk through the gates of Eko hotel. I swear, I didn’t sight
one metal detector. People walked in and out as they liked.
I’m sure every Nigerian right now is 150% aware of
terrorist attacks and the need for security to be tops at all times
especially at social gatherings. Some people said there were dogs.
Excuse you, someone could walk in and just start shooting and these
people won’t have cared if they died!
Security is major key. Anything could’ve happened TBH.
Then to the ‘disorganization’. A lot of people didn’t
have tickets; it was no one’s fault. A lot of people ended up getting
regular tickets for 15k or more, and VIP for about 30k or 40k – also no
one’s fault.
After getting tickets the next thing is to queue up to
get tags to get in, and trust me the queue was long ASF. After a while,
at about 10 or 11 p.m, they said tags were finished but we needed to
hold on a little because they went to get more.
From 11 p.m to 2 a.m a lot of people were outside waiting
for tags. These people had tickets but were deprived of what they had
paid for, because of the inability for the organizers of OLIC to be
effective. It’s just like going to the cinema and more tickets are sold
than the number of seats. How dumb can that be? What stopped them from
producing tags equivalent to the number of tickets they sold?
Eventually people got really angry. A concert slated
for 7 p.m and they were left out till 2 a.m! The guys at the gate,
bouncers or whoever, weren’t even making situations better. They were so
rude, saying stuff like they don’t know why we were still waiting that
the tags were finished, and there’s no space in the hall anymore. There
were no fights but they released tear gas on us and used tasers on a few
people.
No like FML despite this economic shit going on. People
went out of their way to be there for the concert and this is what they
get??? You think it’s so easy to hustle up 5k, 10k, 20k etc? Or you
think people don’t have better stuff doing with their money than
watching a bunch of musicians perform? Things got emotional ASF yoooo –
people were crying. That’s how deep it was.
This isn’t for Olamide
alone. All artistes need to get their shit together and learn to treat
your fans with more respect and love, because without us you’re nothing.
I’m the wildest Olamide fan, but even if they have 10
OLICs after this, I don’t think I’d want to be there. Because it looks
like he’s started doing stuff for the rich lads alone, and we’re sorry
we can’t afford the gold, silver and platinum.
If you were there for this event and you had fun to its peak – congratulations. But I didn’t.
Olamide, I think you owe a lot of fans an apology, because a lot of people wasted their money and time.
God bless.’
Another Fan wrote this below:
I, Adenike Oyetunde came to see ,Olamide, LIVE, (it was a complimentary ticket, FYI), and you hounded me with comedy. HOW?!
Imagine my excitement when I saw these pictures by TY Bello, I knew #Olic3 was definitely going to be a hit.
was by far my BEST event last year. I talked, and talked about it;
everyone around me that didn’t go, knew they had to this year.
Canaanland or Redemption Camp had I EVER been stuck in such traffic. No
clear plans on controlling humans (forget that we are peculiar here).
change, and a friend’s friend took @mayowaekpo and I. What should have
taken maybe 30 minutes max, turned to two years in traffic.
cars were going into Eko Hotels; we were all just hoping, stuck in
traffic. Having to walk so far isn’t always my first option; for obvious
reasons.
and you played CD. Olamide, CD??? I’m still too lost. CD… like, ALL that
for ‘DJ, track 2’.
I was TOO disappointed and I can’t hide it. Credit: IG
January 1 concert is coming, I’ll get comedy there. WHY, did you
succumb, Why? I thought you had it all figured out, but awon aye sold
this BAD idea to you.
least, to me. Of course, I still danced, I screamed, I took videos. But,
from last year, it could have been WAY better.