The
High Court in Banjul, presided over by Justice Martias O. Agboola, yesterday
discharged all the ten accused persons allegedly involved in the crude oil scam
amounting to millions of dalasis.
The
Judge’s declaration came following the intervention of the Attorney General and
Ministry of Justice through the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
(DPP) which filed a nolle prosecui for the discountenance of the trial.
The
presiding Judge ordered the discharge of the accused persons pursuant to
section 64 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).
He
further ordered that all relevant properties related to the accused persons in
the matter be released with immediate effect to them.
It
would be recalled that the accused persons; Sira Wally Ndow-Njai, Momodou O.S
Badjie, Fafa Sanyang, Cherno Marena, Seedy Kanyi, Muntaga Momodou Sallah,
Momodou Taal, Louie Moses Mendy, Noah Touray and Madum Sanyang were indicted
with multiple trumped up charges of conspiracy to commit felony, economic crime
among others.
The
prosecution had called two witnesses to prove the charges against the accused
persons in November 2016.
M.B.
Abubacarr and O. Danso from the Attorney General Chambers and Ministry of
Justice represented the state.
