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| Njogu Bah |
Police officer attached to the
Interpol unit of the Gambia police force yesterday told the High Court in
Banjul that he obtained both cautionary and voluntary statements from the first
accused, Lamin Jobarteh, former justice minister.
However, Musa said he did not grant
the accused request to meet his lawyer before taking the cautionary statements
during cross examination with layer Lamin S Camara.
“I did not because I was not
entitled to do so” Jarju told the packed courtroom. “I was not the head of the
investigation panel.”
Jarju was testifying in the case of
Dr Njogu Bah Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service and also minister
of Presidential affairs Bah, Lamin Jobarteh minister for justice while Pa Harry
Jammeh, Solicitor General and Legal Secretary.
The three are on trial at the High
Court in Banjul on three counts of giving false information to a public
servant, abuse of office and conspiracy to carry out a lawful purpose by
unlawful means.
They are accused of conspiring among
themselves to remove justice Wowo by an unlawful means-to-wit: orchestrating
his arrest, detention and mock trial.
They are further accused of
giving false information that the president of the Gambia has directed the
termination of the appointments of Justice Wowo knowing the information to be
false.
They denied any wrong doing.
According to the witness, he was
instructed by ASP Lamin Cham to obtain the statement from the accused which he
did.
He said the accused however
denied all the charges he prefer against him base on the cautionary
statement he obtain from him. Both the cautionary and voluntary statements were
tender as evidence.
Undercross examination he said he
cannot remember how long have the accused been under custody before he took his
statements. He said all he did in the investigation is to take the statements.
The trial is continuing on
August 28.
Author: Binta A. Bah
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