The
National Intelligence Agency has responded to an order issued to them by the
Banjul Magistrates' Court for the production of Oley Sey's statement she made
to them.
According to the NIA the statement produced and tendered in court by the prosecution was the only statement she made to them.
Continuing
her testimony under cross-examination by the police prosecutor Cadet Inspector
Keita, the 1st accused Oley Sey, said she got to know the 2nd accused Abdou
Rahman Bah three weeks prior to the presentation of the D500,000 and that she
was together with him during the presentation of the said D500,000. She said
the D200,000 that was recovered from her was given to her by the Abdou Rahman
Bah for safe keeping. She agreed under cross examination that the D200,000 that
was recovered from her was part of the D500,000 donated to
Further
testifying under cross-examination Oley Sey admitted that she presented the
D200,000 at the NIA and not at KMC Mayor's Office and prior to her presenting
the D200, 000 at the NIA she only attended one meeting at the KMC Mayor's
office with the community of Abuko. She added that prior to that meeting she
had already had the D200,000 in her custody. She said at the Basic and
Secondary Education office, Abdou Rahman was confronted with the D500,000 but
denied she was confronted by the KMC Mayor about the D500,000. She also agreed
that at the presentation it was instructed for the D500,000 to be deposited the
same day with three signatories and that she was not part of the three
signatories. She said she left with Abdou Rahman Bah after the presentation
because he begged for a ride in her car. She also agreed that the Nursery
School belongs to the community of Abuko and that she did not belong to that
community. She denied conspiring with Abdou Rahman Bah to steal the sum of
D500,000 the property of
The case
was adjourned to
