Burna Boy Concert: Ternary Media Group Clears Interim CEO Gregory Wings From 6K Fake Tickets Scandal

• An events company responsible for organising the failed Burna Boy concert at the FNB Stadium has found itself embroiled in a ticket scandal
• Ternary Media Group has released another statement, saying Sedote Nwachukwu, falsely accused Gregory Wings of fraud
• Wings was allegedly framed for selling over 6,000 tickets under illegal bank accounts, further encouraging concert-goers to collect their refunds directly from him

With Burna Boy's 23 September concert being formerly cancelled, more information surrounding the canning of the show has come up, one being the shocking revelation of misconduct of funds by Ternary Media Group.

Sedote Nwakuchu allegedly frames Gregory Wings for fraud

Nwakuchu had said in a retracted statement that then CFO, Gregory Wings, had illegally printed and collected over 6,000 ticket sales and sold them under different bank accounts opened by him. The statement further says he is a known fraudster who served 10 years for fraud in the USA.

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It also urged people who bought tickets from their website to contact Wings directly (greg@ternarymedia.com) for a refund, as all those monies went to his private accounts.

Gregory Wings cleared from Burna Boy tickets fraud allegations: statement

The giant company responded to the previous statement as false, with the most surprising plot twist, saying it had confirmed with TicketPro that the tickets had been received and signed for by a representative of Khanya PR, a company owned by Ms Helga Klizanie, while Wings was on a business trip in Durban, KZN with Klizanie.

Speaking to Briefly News, Wings provided some receipts in a bid to clear his name inclusive of some recordings of their interactions and claimed:

"Sedote made the false statements because he was going to jail. He’s trying to do whatever he can. The only thing he could say was that I was a criminal and that I stole tickets which is clearly false. The high crimes division is looking for him high and low, he’s in hiding."

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He also rubbished the claims that concert-goers will not be getting a refund:

"TicketPro has already issued refunds to all customers because I paid them every dollar that Sedote stole $477k to make sure the allegations would not touch me or my business.

"I’ve paid every single person that he owes including suppliers, influencers, etc."

TicketPro had not commented by the time the story had gone to publish, further details will be added once TickPro responds.

Social media reacts to Burna Boy ticket fraud case

While most South Africans were proud of single-handedly sabotaging the concert because of Damini's disrespect, the new fraud saga came with new opinions:

@D.Resende had information:

"I know people who bought the non-refundable tickets."

@KwazokayG was shocked:

"It shocked me. The way I was ready for this concert wow."

@User747945140222702 was not moved:

"Can't say I'm shocked."

@Uno Mbovane was confused:

"Ohhh, so it’s not because the public is still upset about his Twitter rant?"

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@YourMommaToo was happy:

"It’s because of my heart, I couldn’t get a babysitter so I could attend."

@Lethi revealed:

"Omg, they were giving away FREE tickets not so long ago at clubs!"

@Okay_so_jess also shared:

"This is so interesting since the EFF student council at Wits was giving these tickets away if you voted for them as SRC."

@Trish was disappointed:

"SA is a playground I tell you. Why is there no one arrested?"

@Lucky Mokoena said:

"It was going to be empty anyway, he's calling us xenophobic yet he wants our support."

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Source: Briefly News