Koffi Olomide pleads for help after being sentenced to jail

– Congolese musician, Koffi Olomide, is urging his fans to show their support for him by having his image tagged “Je Suis Koffi Olomide” (I am Koffi Olomide) as their profile pictures on social media

– Olomide was on Tuesday, July 26, found guilty of assaulting one of his female dancers while they were in Kenya

– Both the musician and the dancer denied the claims but a video clip used as evidence had a different angle

Disgraced Congolese musician Koffi Olomide is now rallying his fans to stand with him.

Koffi Olomide, though his official Facebook account, asked his supporters to replace their profile pictures on social media accounts with his.

“To all our friends, due to the injustice against Koffi Olomide, we kindly ask you to put this photo of our artist on all your accounts, social networks as a sign of protest and support for Koffi Olomide,” reads the post published on Tuesday, July 26.
According to Koffi Olomode’s handlers, the 18-month jail term given to him after being found guilty of assault was unfair.


Olomide has asked his supporters to use this photo with the French phrase “Je Suis Koffi Olomide” (I am Koffi Olomide).


The prosecutor refused to listen to the dancer supposed to be the victim, they said.

After the said assault on Friday, July 22, Koffi and dancer issued a statement both saying that all was good between them.

“Koffi did not attack me, it was a girl at the airport who was threatening me and Koffi came to defend me… Koffi can never beat us in public, he loves his dancers and he does not beat us. He is not someone who is aggressive… we don’t have any problem,” she said.

The explanation did not save him as he was arrested and deported a day later following Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet’s order.

ARRESTED

Koffi Olomide was arrested and arraigned in a Kinshasa court on Tuesday, July 26.
He was subsequently arrested in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, and arraigned in court. Reports show he was handed the jail term of one year without the option of a fine