Senegal’s top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been gripped by allegations of rape following a massage parlour scandal.
-What we know-
Sonko is Senegal leader Macky Sall’s biggest opponent but recent days have seen the opposition leader sweating after he got accused by a woman of rape.
The opposition leader himself broke his silence on Sunday saying no one could really believe what is being peddled – that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint at a massage parlour he’s been frequenting.
Sonko admitted on Sunday he sought massage therapy at a massage parlour that belongs to a married woman.
He said he is ill and doctors recommended that he undergoes massage therapy.
He said two ladies are always in the room when he is being massaged – and that it was his Oustadh who said he could be massaged by women if it’s on health grounds.
