Senegalese singer in trouble for insulting the country's president

A Senegalese artist has been arrested for allegedly criticizing the country's president- Amy Colle is understood to be vocal and in opposition to President Macky Sall's government

Her arrest was ordered by prosecutors who marked Colle's audio that emerged online attacking the president as disrespectful and offensiveA popular and outspoken Senegalese singer has been apprehended by police officers for allegedly making insulting remarks.

Senegalese Singer, Amy Colle Dieng. 

The songstress, Amy Colle Dieng, was arrested after she supposedly criticized the West African country's Head of State Macky Sall.She is said to have made offensive remarks in an audio recording that has since gone viral on social media. 

In the recording, the singer is purportedly heard lashing out at President Sall, sparking an internet storm.

She is also heard declaring support for the country's former President Abdoulaye Wade.

Incidentally, Wade vied as an opposition aspirant in the just concluded legislative elections which the singer claimed that they were marred with electoral malpractices.AFP reported that prosecutors ordered the arrest of the singer subsequent to becoming aware of the recording depicting her castigation as "ill bred" and "offensive". 

She is a popular “Mbalax” artist and was arrested on Thursday.