Nigerian rescues Eugene
Monday, May 13, 2013
The man was in the country for the Junior Chambers International (JCI) African and Middle East conference that has been ongoing since the 8th. Jackson who has recently relocated to South Africa (SA) to spread his wings and also increase his knowledge of music by studying sound further was scheduled to perform at the event.
Long before the man took to the stage, Eugene did a few songs with his team. Although he still performed well, some people could sense that there were some problems. Then all went back to normal when he sang his lungs out and decided to engage the crowd. That was when the Nigerian man walked on to the stage and asked him to sing, little did he know that the man would steal his thunder and turn the lime light on himself.
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