Kazeem Ajobe of X Factor band Rough Copy has been forced to leave the show’s current tour.

When the band were on the show, Ajobe was unable to join his band mates as part of the judge’s houses portion because of problems with his visa.

Now it has been confirmed that remaining members Sterling Ramsay and Joey James will now have to continue the rest of the X Factor tour as a duo.

A spokesperson for the tour confirmed the reasons behind the decision: "Following an incident backstage, Rough Copy member Kazeem Ajobe has left the X Factor tour.

"The remaining Rough Copy members Sterling and Joey will continue to perform on the tour as a duo."

It was confirmed that Ajobe will still be working with the band outside of the X Factor tour.