The criminal trial involving two former senior officers of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA) resumes today at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court before Principal Magistrate Taiwo Ade Alagbe.
Pa Mbye, former crime management coordinator at the NDEA, and Foday Barry, former director of investigation at the NDEA, were arraigned before the said court and charged with conspiracy, theft and neglect of official duties.
The particulars of offence on count one stated that the accused persons, between 2010 and 2012, in Banjul and in diverse places, within the jurisdiction of the court, with an apparent intent for deception, jointly conspired to defraud one Robert Danquah, an inmate in Mile 2 State Central Prison of D230,000.
Count two stated that Foday Barry and Pa Habibou Mbye between 2010 and 2012, in Banjul and in diverse places, within the jurisdiction of the court, stole D230,000 from one Robert Danquah, an inmate in Mile 2 Prison.
And count three read that between 2010 and 2012, in Banjul and in diverse places, within the jurisdiction of the court, the accused persons neglected their official duties as directors at the NDEA, and jointly defrauded one Robert Danquah, an inmate in Mile 2 State Central Prison of D230,000.
