By RFIPalled on 26-09-2019Modified on 26-09-2019 at 09:12

The king of Congolese rumba was arrested and released on Wednesday (September 25th) in Kinshasa. Christophe-Antoine Agbepa Mumba says Koffi Olomide has refused to attend a convocation related to eight of his songs that have been censored by the National Committee of Censorship and Shows.

Gray panties and a t-shirt, Koffi Olomide makes no statement to the press, while he is accompanied by his lawyer. The king of the Congolese Rumba looked serene as he left the courthouse on Wednesday shortly before noon.

Yet in the morning, he was arrested at his home. Tony Mwaba, his lawyer, denounces the arrest: " The artist was humiliated by some agents who have invested his villa. Some even climbed the walls to apprehend it with brutality and rare cruelty. "

The artist had refused to respond to a summons from the censorship commission and shows. This instance banned the broadcast of eight of Koffi Olomide's songs for " harm to morality Without publicly specifying the disputed content.

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If the singer was arrested, it is because, according to this commission, Koffi Olomide is a " recidivist " who has demonstrated " incivism " by refusing to respond to his multiple " invitations ", his injunctions and to submit censorship.

Among the censored songs, there is one particularly popular: "The wife of someone". This song sung with the French rapper Singuila and the video clip that is associated with him, tell the story of a singer jealous to see his ex-wife marry a senior politician.

Many speculate in Kinshasa about the real characters who inspired this song to Koffi Olomide. Anyway, the artist denounces an " abuse of power " and says remain convinced that the commission of censorship " is not right to exist in a democratic state ".

At the request of his client, Koffi Olomide's lawyer announced that he will lodge his complaint on Thursday at the public prosecutor's office at the Court of Cassation against the agents of the order who carried out the brutal arrest. They also filmed the artist during this arrest, " in order to humiliate him, " according to the lawyer.

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