Gambian Police Tuesday filed charges against former Attorney General and minister of Justice, Lamin AMS Jobarteh, for economic crimes allegations.
Police said the
accused between 2010 and 2013 in Bansang, deliberately fail to pay income tax
and domestic and rate taxes on his lodge in Bansang, an act detrimental to the
economy of the Gambia.
The charge further
accused him of setting up a hoax committee to discreet the findings of a
lawfully constituted, while serving at the Attorney General of The, Gambia
without authority and with intent to injure the economy of the Gambia,
However, the accused
did not take his plea but the prosecution has made an application for the case
to be to transfer at the High Court. He also urged the court to refuse the
accused person’s bail.
