Ensa Badjie to give Evidence Today

The erstwhile embattled Police boss, Ensa Badjie is expected to defend his innocence after the state filed a suit against him and Assistant Superintendant of Police, Ali Ceesay, a prison officer for corruption and drug related charges.

The Ex-Inspector General of Police and ASP Ali Ceesay are facing 15 counts ranging from robbery, aiding prisoners, abuse of office, drug related charges among others.

Allegations they strongly denied.

Ex-IGP Ensa Badjie

Ex-IGP Badjie was sacked and arrested in March 2010.

The state in proving their case beyond all reasonable doubts has called 10 witnesses among which included convicts who all gave evidence implicating the former police boss.

Pw1 Soriba Condeh asserted that Ensa Badjie recruited all sorts of criminals, “bandits” for his personal greed.

Dodou Janneh, also a convict serving a death sentence for murder had earlier given evidence against him alleging that Ensa used to buy alcohol and cannabis for Soriba Condeh (pw1) whist he was in the police cell, adding that Ensa always threatened him to be quiet or lose his job.

He also told the court, “I am not expecting presidential pardon, the only hope I have is my appeal, which I am ready to follow up”, when Borry S. Touray put it to him that he was lying in court owing the fact that he (Dodou) told the 1^st accused, NIA officials and the DDP that if he testified in the trial he would be pardoned.

The Serrekunda Police boss who testified as the last witness said Ensa Badjie was the one behind all the breakings in 2007, who confessed to him that nobody could arrest Soriba Condeh (Pw1), because he has spiritual powers.

The case resumes today.

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Social Security Boss Remanded

Mr Graham is to remain under
 custody until next hearing

Mr. Edward Graham, former managing director of Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation accused of economic crimes has been denied bail by Magistrate Nkea of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Graham’s lawyer, Amie Bensouda had argued that his client needed an overseas medical treatment, but Magistrate Nkea said there is no medical evidence indicating that the type of surgery cannot be performed in The Gambia.

"The desire to have the surgery carried out only in the UK is one that can only be enjoyed a free man which the accused at this moment is not," Nkea said, expressing fear that Mr Graham may never return.

The trial magistrate instructed that Mr Graham be remanded, as the state counsel requests, pending completion of investigations into the matter.

Mr Graham is facing four charges of economic crimes; for directing the payment of D880, 250.00 without necessary collaterals and on terms detrimental to the economy of The Gambia.

Meanwhile the state has been ordered to end their investigations within 10 days.

The case resumes January 17