The
9th accused person, Lamin Lang Sanyang, in the criminal case involving nine
former NIA officials before Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara of the Banjul High
Court, was on Tuesday granted bail of D500,000 with two Gambian sureties.
The
sureties should deposit their title deeds of a landed property within the
Greater Banjul Area with the court’s registrar.
The
sureties should also swear to an affidavit of means, and the accused person
should also surrender all his travelling documents to the court’s registrar.
The
nine NIA officials being tried are Yankuba Badjie, former director general of
NIA; Louie Richard Leese Gomez, Saikou Omar Jeng, Baboucarr Sallah, Yusupha
Jammeh, Haruna Susso, Tamba Mansaray, Lamin Darboe and Lamin Lang Sanyang.
They
are charged with 12 counts of criminal offences including conspiracy to murder,
murder, assaults causing actual bodily harm, forgery and making documents
without authority.
When
the case was called, M.B. Abubacarr appeared for the state while the defendants
were represented by U. Achigbue, P. Gomez, Moses Richards, S. Kennedy, and D.
Dago.
The
trial judge then informed the court that there was pending bail application
before the court.
The
state counsel Abubacarr said he had been served and they were not opposing to
the application.
In
moving the application, counsel D. Dago said they had filed a bail application
pursuant to section 19(5) of the Constitution and section 99 (1) of the
Criminal Procedure Code.
They
were seeking the order of the court to admit the applicant’s bail pending the
hearing and determination of the case, counsel said.
He
said they wished to rely on all the paragraphs in the affidavit.
In
her ruling, the trial judge said she was convinced that the application had
merits and that the applicant would not jump bail.
She
therefore admitted him to bail accordingly. The case continues on 24 April 2017,
at 12p.m.
