Judgment
in the case of former Gambian Ambassador to France and erstwhile Minister of
Works, Construction and Infrastructure, Ousman Badjie, was yesterday deferred
before Justice E.O. Dada of the High Court in Banjul.
The
judgment, slated for yesterday at 3:30, did not come up.
A judicial source told the press that
delivering the judgment was deferred until Thursday 20 October 2016, at 12
noon.
Badjie
was arraigned on 16 December 2014, on a five-count charge of criminal offences,
including two counts of economic crime (Specified Offences) and three counts of
neglect of official duty.
However,
he denied the charges against him.
The prosecution called three witnesses and
tendered some exhibits.
At the close of the prosecution’s case, the
defence counsel L. S. Camara filed a no-case-to-answer submission, which was
dismissed by the court presided over by Justice Abi and the accused was ordered
to enter into his defence.
Mr Badjie, in his defence, testified as the
sole witness and tendered several documents in support of his defence.
