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CONGOLESE General Prosecution has sentenced Rhumba maestro Koffi Olomide to one year in jail having found him guilty of assaulting one of his female dancers in Kenya.
The 60-year old singer, appeared on Friday kicking one of his dancers when they landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya.
This he did for an unspecified reason ahead of his Kenyan show. He was deported after he was slammed for the assault.
The singer was then arrested on Tuesday at his home in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo and taken to court shortly after and charged with the crime. He was found guilty and sentenced to a year in jail.
Olomide denied assaulting the dancer identified as Pamela. His lawyer George Wajackoyah also accused police of manhandling the musician.
The Masters Degree holder in Mathematics apologised in a Facebook post on Monday, terming the incident a “moment of madness”.
He has faced widespread condemnation and outrage since the video of the incident at JKIA was shared on social media.
Kenyans on Twitter called for his immediate arrest and deportation following the unfortunate incident at the airport.
Olomide was sent back home on a Kenya Airways flight after spending a night in police custody in Nairobi.
The singer’s show at Zambia’s Agricultural and Commercial Society, where he was scheduled to perform at this year’s 90th edition, was cancelled as a result, according to Ben Shoko, the president of the show’s management committee. – Daily Nation
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