{"id":2000112409,"date":"2026-05-18T13:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000112409"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:01:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:01:42","slug":"singer-yampano-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/singer-yampano-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Yampano arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The confirmation was made to IGIHE by the RIB spokesperson, Dr. Murangira B. Thierry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn May 16, 2026, RIB arrested Uworizagwira Florien, known as Yampano. He is suspected of several offences, including intentional assault, issuing threats, drug use, and others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to available information, the alleged offences were committed at different times. After learning that he had been reported to authorities, Yampano reportedly went into hiding but later surrendered himself to investigators after realizing he could not evade arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is currently being held at the Kicukiro RIB station while investigations continue, and his case file is being prepared for submission to investigators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, reports also suggest that the musician had previously been accused of domestic violence incidents involving his partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His partner, commonly known as \u201cVava,\u201d recently alleged that he assaulted her on multiple occasions, including a serious incident in which he allegedly knocked her with a vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said tensions between them escalated on March 24, 2026, while they were travelling together to a sauna session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to her account, she asked Yampano to stop using his phone while driving, which angered him, leading him to order her out of the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe stopped the car in the middle of the road where there was no designated stop, and forced me out. I had no choice but to get out and take a motorcycle,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added that while she was putting on her helmet, she noticed he was following them, initially thinking he wanted to call her back into the car. However, she said he suddenly avccelerated and hit them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case remains under investigation as authorities continue to gather evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has confirmed the arrest of Uworizagwira Florien, popularly known as Yampano, who is being investigated over several criminal charges, including intentional assault, threats, and drug use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000112424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000112409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000112424,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1004538395-327ba-1.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":600,"height":471,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1004538395-327ba-1.jpg","width":150,"height":118},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1004538395-327ba-1.jpg","width":300,"height":236},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1004538395-327ba-1.jpg","width":600,"height":471},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1004538395-327ba-1.jpg","width":600,"height":471},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1004538395-327ba-1.jpg","width":600,"height":471}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000112409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000112409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000112409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000112425,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000112409\/revisions\/2000112425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000112424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000112409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000112409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000112409"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000112409"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000112409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}