The
criminal trial involving the state against Momodou Sabally, erstwhile Director
General of The Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS), could not proceed
before Justice E.O. Dada of the High Court in Banjul on Thursday 8 December
2016.
According
to judicial sources, the presiding judge was reported to have been attending a
judges’ meeting at the Chief Justices Chambers, at the time the matter was
slated for hearing.
It
was about 4.00 pm, people had gathered at the court verandah when Sabally came
with two security operatives in plainclothes and waited patiently for almost 30
minutes, until they were informed that the matter had been adjourned until
Today, Tuesday 13 December 2016, for mention.
It
would be recalled that Sabally is standing trial on eight counts of economic
crime, abuse of office, giving false information to a public officer, among
others.
At
the last court sitting, Sabally refused to take a plea when the charge was read
to him, and told the court that the state had already filed a nolle prosecui in
the matter before the court.
This
move prompted the presiding judge to adjourn the matter, and he ordered the
state to furnish the court with the former case file.
