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Police Witness Trembles In Court- As Darboe Grilled Witness
By Staff Reporter James Jammeh Banjul
In Femi Peters Trial Darboe Holds Police OC Registry. The trial of UDP’s
Campaign Manager, Femi Peters, continued at the Kanifing Magistrate's
Courts, before Principal Magistrate Joseph Emmanual Ikpala, on Thursday January
21st, 2010, with the defense counsel, Lawyer ousainou Darboe, continuing on
his cross examination of the prosecution’s fourth witness (PW4).
Mr Darboe asked PW4, in the person of the Officer Commanding Registry
Department at the Gambia Police Headquarters in Banjul, Superintendent Ken
Mendy, if he could produce a rejection letter for the ruling APRC which was not
approved by the police to hold any rally. PW4 then produced a document
before the court, and, subsequently, it was admitted as exhibit D2.
Darboe went on to ask the witness whether exhibit D2 was approved by the
IGP. But PW4 responded in the negative. Defense counsel further asked the
witness whether he knew that the applicant, Femi Peters, was an opposition
member. The witness replied in the positive.
Going further, Darboe quizzed the witness why was it not approved,
Superintendent Ken Mendy then said that he could not ascertain as to why the
application was not approved. An application by the ruling APRC for holding any
political rally was produced before the court and was marked as exhibit D3.
Still in cross examination, Darboe said the rally supposed to be held on
the 7th of August 2001. The witness replied in the positive. The defense
counsel, during his marathon cross examination, also asked the witness why was
the application not rejected. The witness replied that he did not know,
saying that he is not the one to approve the application.
However, Darboe put it to him that exhibit D3 was made up. The witness
denied it. He also stated that exhibit A and D2 are limited to the IGP. When
asked by the defense counsel whether on the front and back of exhibit D3,
there was any minute to the IGP. In response, he confirmed that on the front
of exhibit D3, there was no minute to the IGP.
Darboe also said, ‘‘you will agree with me that, exhibit D3 was not from
the APRC Campaign Manager. "Yes'', replied Superintendent Ken Mendy.
"Why do you issue a permit to a small ward and deny the minority leader,’’
Darboe asked. "I do not know," Mendy said.
"Was exhibit D3 the only application by the APRC you could trace out?’’
‘‘Yes,’’ again said the witness.
Darboe then asked the witness whether he knew that the National Mobilizer
of the APRC was embarking on a country wide tour. He said no, he did not
know. The defense further asked him if he received any application from the
ruling party, he replied in the negative.
The case was at this juncture adjourned to the 2nd of February, 2010 at
1030 am, for the prosecution to call in their next witness in the ongoing
trial.
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