The
Attorney General and Minister of Justice has withdrawn the criminal charges
preferred against five former officials of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The
officials are Fafanding Fatajo, Burang Danjo, Omar Jammeh, Abdou Ceesay and
Foday Jadama.
They
were indicted with two counts of neglect of official duty, 8 counts of
conspiracy to commit felony, 3 counts of altering false documents and 4 counts
of forgery.
The
five former officials were on Monday 14 August 2017 discharged by the High
Court in Banjul presided over by the vacation judge, Zainab Jawara-Alami,
following the nolle-prosequil filed by the State.
The
trial judge declared that pursuant to the nolle-prosequil filed by the Attorney
General and Minister of Justice under section 85(1) (c) of the constitution and
section 64 of the Criminal procedure Code dated 8 August 2017 and filed on 14
August 2017, the former Agric officials were discharged as well as their
sureties.
