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 Magistrate Olajubutu Resigns, DPP Chenge Arrested for Insubordination;
Sillahba's Sister Arrested
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Published 06/27/2010 - 9:01 p.m. GMT
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The principal magistrate at the Kanifing Magistrates' Court, Kayode
Olajubutu, has resigned and left the country since last Sunday.

A source close to the court said Mr Olajubutu has landed an international
appointment, although he would not give details.

Kayode Olajubutu, a Nigerian citizen, was reportedly offended by the
promotions of Justices Ikpala and Ahmadi to the High Court by the Chief
Justice Emmanuel Agim. Instead of promoting Olajubutu, the CJ moved him from
Bundung Court to Kanifing Magistrates' Court - well, at least closer to the
capital.

Magistrate Olajubutu would be remembered for sentencing UDP campaign
manager, Femi Peters to a mandatory one year jail term with a fine of
D10,000. Peters was found guilty of organizing a political rally without
police permit.

It was Olajubutu who convicted and sent the disgraced Kombo North law-maker,
Musa Suso to prison in December of 2009. A year earlier, Olajubutu convicted
a police superintendent Manlaffi Sanyang of stealing the president's car and
sent him to prison. Manlaffi died in custody three days later.

Olajubutu was the magistrate who remanded prominent Gambian politician
Halifa Sallah in custody in March 2009. Halifa was arrested by authorities
and charged with leading an unlawful procession and inciting violence after
the politician had visited rural dwellers affected by the state sponsored
witch-hunt in which 1000 people were arrested and two reported deaths.

And following our Thursday lead story on the chief prosecutor's strike for
back-pay, Richard N. Chenge was arrested on Friday for insubordination. He's
not yet charged with any crime. According to our correspondent, Chenge was
conspicuously missing at a Judicial Review seminar at the High Court on
Friday, where an unnamed Ghanaian law professor delivered lectures on
judicial review and law reforms.

Asked about whether the arrest of Chenge had anything to do with the escape
from detention of the star-witness to the prosecution of former police
chief, Ensa Badjie, Our correspondent replied: "That's nonsense. What had he
to do with that? Sillaba Samateh was never charged with anything; he was
arrested, however, detained, and coerced into testifying against Ensa
Badjie, Major Kuluta Manneh and Lt Col Mam Matarr Secka as the first
prosecution witness", he said.

Sillaba's sister, Nyaranding Samateh, was also arrested alongside their
Brusubi home watchman following Sillahba's escape from detention. For
Nyaranding, our reporter said, she was arrested because she had signed the
D200,000 bail bond at the NIA headquarters in Banjul to secure her brother's
release. Armed Security men now guard Sillahba's Brusubi home

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