Olomide who is from Democratic Republic of Congo, denied assaulting anyone but was arrested hours after arriving in Kenya for a concert. Kenyan authorities have since deported him to the DRC capital, Kinshasa, with three of his dancers.
Olomide, 60, was accused of kicking one of the women dancers but, speaking to the BBC, he denied kicking anyone and said he had tried to “stop” a “girl who wanted to fight the dancers I came with”.
Meanwhile Zambian authorities said on Sunday they had called off a planned show by Congolese singer Koffi Olomide following his deportation from Kenya for kicking one of his female dancers.
Olomide was scheduled to perform at the annual agricultural trade show in Lusaka this week.
“Following the reported unfortunate incident in Kenya concerning Koffi Olomide, the Agricultural and Commercial Show Society of Zambia has decided to cancel his performance during this year’s show,” Ben Shoko, head of the society said in a statement.
