Abdoulie
Tambedou, a former managing director of Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) on
Wednesday denied charges of “neglect of official duty” and “economic crime”,
brought against him by the Police in Banjul, the capital.
Tambedou
appeared at the Banjul Magistrates Court on March 20, 2013, where criminal
charges were proffered against him. The court lacks the jurisdiction to hear
economic crimes anyway.
Magistrate
Dawda Jallow, presiding, ordered for Tambedou to be remanded in custody, and
the case be transferred to the Office of Chief Justice for re-assignment. His counsel,
Lamin S. Camara, earlier applied for bail.
Power to
grant bail
“Economic
crime cannot be tried at the Magistrates Court because the court does not have
the jurisdiction,” he said. “But, Section 208(A) of the Criminal Procedure Code,
CPC, has given the court powers to grant bail.”
Corporal
Saja Sanyang, prosecuting, objected to bail. In his view, the accused is likely
to tamper with investigations, which is yet to be finalized.
He referred
to Section 4 and 9 of the Economic Crime (Specified Offences) Act, and Section
208(A) of the CPC, which gives the Court the power to remand any person charged
with economic crime.
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| Banjul Port (Photo: Access Gambia) |
Allegations
Police
prosecutors accused Tambedou of “neglecting his official duty” to protect the
funds provided for the procurement of new ferries and the rehabilitation of the
old ferry fleet between April and August 2011.
They also
accuse him of “intentionally and unlawfully approving different unauthorized
payments amounting to D103, 943, 991.64 from a loan granted by the Social
Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC), for the procurement of new
ferries and the rehabilitation of the old ferry fleet”, around the same time in
2011.
This, they
claim, caused “economic loss” to the Government of The Gambia.
In December 2012, police prosecutors charged Mr Tambedou with "giving false information to a public officer". He denied the charge, and that trial is still on, according to court reporters.
Written by Modou S. Joof
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