Rhumba star, Olomide faces arrest
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source63 facing a number of charges in france and zambia congolese rhumba star koffi olomide faces arrest on arrival in zambia on the advice of france1 following the appeal zambian media quoted religious affairs minister godfridah sumaili saying the singer would be arrested upon arrival1 olomide a regular in zambia was due to hold two shows this month1 french ambassador sylvain berger said olomide was facing a number of charges both in zambia and france1 the rhumba maestro is wanted on suspicion of sexually assaulting dancers kidnapping and employing them in france without permit and facilitating their entry and illegal stay1 it is not the first time olomide is finding himself in the eye of a storm in zambia1 he in january 2013 assaulted a zambian photojournalist and had to flee across the border to avoid arrest1 the french embassy in zambia has asked the local authorities to arrest olomide for various allegations1 mapao as his fans fondly refer to him was infamously deported from kenya in july 2016 for kicking one of his dancers at the jomo kenyatta international airport jkia1 the musician spent the night at police cells at the airport before being deported to kinshasa where he was charged with the crime and jailed for three months commuted down from 18 months on president joseph kabilas intervention1 he was however released on bail after five days1 olomide apologised to kenyans for his behaviour1 but even at home the 62-year-old bad boy is never far from controversies. he was in august 2012 given a three-month suspended prison sentence for assaulting his producer. the sentence followed his arrest after fracas at a hotel in kinshasa1 earlier in 2001 security personnel in kinshasa dragged koffi out of his mercedes benz compressor and frog-marched in public after he had defied being flagged down1 he later apologised to the journalist1