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| Daily News Reporter, Jallow has charges dropped |
(Senegambianews)
Criminal defamation charges against The Daily News reporter
Mamadou S. Jallow have been dropped, sources familiar with the case have said.
Jallow was charged with criminal defamation for allegedly defaming Mamadou
Lamin Baldeh, a local chief in the western part of The Gambia.
However, credible sources have said Jallow was called on 5 February by the
Deputy Governor of CRR and informed him of the development.
According to the Accra-based Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA),
the journalist's charges stemmed from an article headlined: “Presidential Hajj
Package Scandal Chief Baldeh Allegedly Bribes Lover”, which appeared on the
front-page of the newspaper on January 4, 2012.
In the article, MFWA says, Boto Fatojo, a rice farmer who was together
detained with Jallow accused Chief Baldeh of giving his Hajj ticket (a
sponsorship from President Yahya Jammeh to embark on the annual pilgrimage to
Mecca in Saudi Arabia), to his lover.
“I was informed before hand that a Hajj ticket was sent to me to go to
Mecca, but the chief took it and gave it out to his lover,” alleged Boto.
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