From http://www.observer.gm
News
BABA JOBE CHARGED
By Ebrima Jaw Manneh
Nov 14, 2003, 12:29
Majority Leader of the National Assembly, Baba Jobe, was questioned and
detained by officials of the police fraud squad yesterday.
Jobe, what exactly is happening
Although details of his detention were not forthcoming from the police, it
was said to be in connection with a cheque Mr Jobe wrote on behalf of his
business outfit, Youth Development Enterprises, to the Gambia Ports
Authority which was dishonoured upon presentation at the bank.
It is not known whether the intended payment was for import duties YDE was
owing.
However, ac cording to sources, Mr Jobe was said to have sent the cheque
along with a covering note indicating when the D2m plus cheque
would ‘mature’.
Following his detention, a frenzy of calls and efforts to secure his
release were made. But they bore no fruit up to press time.
According to police sources, a string of “influential personalities”
and “virtually all” APRC Members of the National Assembly visited the
police headquarters, Banjul to solicit for his release without success.
Mr Jobe’s arrest has attracted mixed reactions. While some of his party
stalwarts said it would “boomerang” in a negative way on the APRC party,
its image and political prospects, others said the arrest and detention of
a figure so close to the President signified that the President
meant “every breadth” when he announced that ‘Operation No
Compromise’ “will not spare even the waves of the ocean”.
Up to press time, Mr Jobe has not been granted bail.
The police confirmed late last night that he has been charged and will
likely be arraigned before Banjul magistrates court this morning.
© Copyright 2003 by Observer Company
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l
To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
[log in to unmask]
To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface
at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
