Prosecutors alleged that Abdoulie Sanyang, in the year 2016, at Kanifing South, in the Republic of The Gambia, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, willfully and unlawfully took part in the planning and setting on fire the National Bureau of APRC.
It was also alleged that on the 14th August, 2025, at West Coast Radio, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with the intent to bring into hatred, contempt or disaffection against the president of the Republic of The Gambia, made comments at West Coast Radio Coffee Time Show that the president was deeply involved in electoral malpractices in the 2021 elections.
According to prosecutors, on the 14th August, 2025, Mr. Sanyang, at West Coast Radio, claimed that he gave financial support to the Three Years Jotna Movement to embark on an illegal protest that the president step down from office.
It was alleged that the accused, at West Coast Radio, with intent to show disrespect to judicial proceedings, made comments, describing the court hearing of the case of Ousainou Bojang as clandestine court and calculated to be disrespectful to the court.
Commissioner Sanneh, who represented the IGP along with Assistant Commissioners M. Camara and Manga, applied for the case to be transferred to the High Court pursuant to Section 72 of the Criminal offences Act, 2025, and that the offence of arson attracts life imprisonment.
His application was granted and the case was subsequently transferred to the High Court.
