The death of Aja Majula Hydra was reported by the police that she died after consuming an unknown tablet at Dunas Night Club in Senegambia.
Principal Magistrate Isatou Sallah Mbai of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court, also ordered the transfer of the said case to the high court as her court lacks the jurisdiction to proceed with the case.
According to the indictment filed before the court, the accused was charged with murder contrary to section 187 of the Criminal Code Cap 10:01 Volume 3 laws of The Gambia.
The Prosecution alleged that the accused Bakary Jawo, on or about 22 June 2024 at Dunas Night Club in Palma Rima, Kanifing Municipality, “willfully and knowingly caused the death” of one Aja Majula Hydra, 26, by putting drug substance in her water bottle, which she drank.
Police prosecutor Sub-Inspector Kebbeh, who appeared for the Inspector General of Police, told the court that “the offence the accused is charged with is a capital offence.” He applied that the case be transferred to the Special Criminal Division at High Court and be remanded at the Mile 2 Central Prison pursuant to Legal Notice 3, sections 62 and 208A of the Criminal Procedure Code.
In her ruling, Magistrate Sallah Mbai granted the application sought by the prosecutor, saying that her court “lacks the jurisdiction to hear the case” and also ordered the accused to be remanded by virtue of section 208A of the Criminal Procedure Code.
