Hearing will begin in
the trial of ex-embattled director general of National Drug Enforcement Agency
NDEA together with three top officials come May 13, 2013.
Benedict Jammeh,
ex-NDEA PRO Abdoulie Ceesay, Foday Barry, former director of Intelligence and
Investigations at Holgam of the NDEA and Commissioner Yusupha Jatta, former
head of the NDEA in the West Coast Region are on trial in Banjul at the High
Court.
It’s barely 72 hours,
when Benedict and his co-accused denied 45 counts of economic crime, false
publication, false information, abuse of office, and fabricating evidence.
When the case resume
yesterday, May 2, all the accuse pleaded not guilty on the remaining 45 counts,
making it 90 counts.
They are accused of
extracting monies from the 38, 500 Euros recovered, which they used for
organizing a party for their operatives, which monies should have been tendered
as exhibits to the court.
The charges further
alleged that the accused persons gave false information to the Office of the
President and the Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) that one Assan
Touray was wanted for drug-related offences.
They are also said to
have fabricated evidence that Abdurahman Touray of Pristine Company was wanted
in The Gambia for drug-related offences in which they preferred criminal
charges against him and presented it to the Gambia Police Force which was later
found to be false.
The indictments
further accused them of unlawfully terminating and dismissing the services of
twenty (20) NDEA officers without authority, while in office as public
officers.
Which allegations they
all denied
Benedict Jammeh was
appointed as NDEA director general in 2010 after the removal of IbrahimBun
Sanneh who is currently serving his sentence at the mile 2 central prison.
Jammeh has also served as NIA director general in 2008, Inspector General of
Police in 2007.
Author: Binta A Bah
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