Mr Afro was jailed for a hit-and-run incident in 2006, despite always insisting that he was not in the car which the prosecution said knocked down and killed a homeless man in Addis Ababa.

2006年，艾法奥因交通肇事逃逸获罪入狱。这场发生在亚的斯亚贝巴的交通案中一名流浪汉丧生，艾法奥坚称自己并不在肇事车辆上。