{{Congolese rhumba star Koffi Olomide is facing arrest by Zambian police on suspicion of assault, local media reported Sunday.}}<\/p>\n
The privately-owned daily The Post reported that Olomide had been reported to the police for a assaulting a freelance journalist at the upmarket Taj Pamodzi Hotel Friday evening during one of his shows.<\/p>\n
“Fourty-four year-old Jean Ndayisenga reported to Kabwata police that the multi-award winning musician kicked him in the face as he tried to take a picture of him after a show at Lusaka\u2019s Taj Pamodzi on Friday,\u201d said the Sunday Post.<\/p>\n
Kabwata police deputy criminal investigations detectives inspector Augustine Hamoonga confirmed that Koffi had been reported to Kabwata police station for assault, the daily added.<\/p>\n
The newspaper quoted the victim Mr Ndayisenga as saying: “He kicked me in the face and my flesh got damaged. They were a lot of people and they saw what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
It reported that Mr Olomide was no stranger to trouble with the Zambian police as in his previous visit two years ago he eluded a police dragnet and exited the southern African nation on a motorbike following differences with his promoters at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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