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Willy Joof back in court today

The protracted criminal case involving Mr Willy Joof, The Gambia’s ex-ambassador to the Republic of France, is expected to resume today, September 22nd, before Senior Magistrate Kayode Olajubutu of the Banjul Magistrates Court. Mr Willy Joof is facing 8 counts of criminal offences  ranging from theft to abuse of office. The case has stalled since May 2008, after the arrest and subsequent detention of Mr Burama Dibba, the former police crime management coordinator (CMC), who is also the second...

NIA Director General Testifies in CMC Dibba’s Trial

Benedict Jammeh, the Director General of National Intelligence Agency, on Monday testified before senior Magistrate Kayode of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court. Mr. Jammeh testified as a prosecution witness in the trial of Burama Dibba, former Crime Management Co-ordinator of Gambia Police Force. Mr. Dibba is standing trial for the offence of giving false information to a public servant. The charge against Mr. Burama Dibba alleged that in the year 2007 at the police headquarters in Banjul, falsely...

Former CMC Burama Dibba, Musa Suso Charged with Giving False Information

Burama Dibba, former Crime Management Co-ordinator at the Gambia Police Force was on Friday arraigned before Senior Magistrate Kayode of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court, charged with giving false information to public servant contrary to section 114 (a) of the criminal code, cap. 10 volume III, Laws of The Gambia 1990. Mr. Dibba denied the charge against him. According to the particulars of the offence, the accused, Burama Dibba in the year 2007 at the police headquarters in Banjul gave false...

Former CMC Dibba, Musa Suso Charged

Unimpeachable sources have informed this paper that the former police Crime Management Co-ordinator, Commissioner Burama Dibba, has been formally charged with giving false information to a public officer and is expected to appear at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court today. Mr Dibba had been in detention since April, this year, along with Ebrima ‘Kungi’ Jammeh, former Officer Commanding, Serious Crimes Unit of Gambia Police Force. However the same sources further informed this paper that Ebrima...

Corrigendum

In our yesterday’s edition, we published a story on the appointment of Chief Superintendent Yankuba Sonko, as the newly appointed Crime Management Coordinator (CMC), instead of acting crime management coordinator, as we reported.

Police get new CMC

Reliable sources has informed the Daily Observer that Chief Superintendent Yankuba Sonko, officer commanding at the Prosecution Unit of the Gambia Police Force (GPF), has been appointed as the new Crime Management Coordinator (CMC) of the GPF, with immediate effect. Chief Superintendent Sonko’s appointment came following the elevation of Commissioner Ensa Badjie, a former CMC, to the position of Inspector General of Police. The Daily Observer made several attempts to sound the comments of CMC...

Willy Joof’s Trial Continues

The trial of Willy Joof, former Gambian diplomat and Permanent Secretary at the Department of State for Foreign Affairs, continued last Friday at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court. The accused, Willy Joof, is standing trial before Magistrate Kayode on charges of official corruption, obtaining goods by false pretence, stealing, conspiracy to commit a felony and abuse of office. Continuing his testimony under cross-examination, PW2, Police Commissioner Burama Dibba, Police Crime Management...

In Willy Joof’s case CMC Dibba continues testimony

Burama Dibba, crime management coordinator (CMC) at the Police Head Quarters in Banjul last Wednesday continued his evidence in chief in the on going trial involving Mr William John Joof, Gambia’s former ambassador to the Republic of France, before Senior Magistrate Kayode Olajubutu of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court. Continuing his evidence, CMC Dibba recalled that, on the 14 September 2007, he left The Gambia to the Republic of France on an investigative mission at The Gambia’s embassy in...

Police NET FORGERS

Three persons, namely Charles Lawson, a Nigerian; Amadou Quattara, a Guinean and Ebrima Danso, a Gambian, are currently in police custody for allegedly printing and distributing counterfeit currencies within the Greater Banjul Area. The three suspects were arrested on Monday, December 24, 2007, and handed over to the Fraud Squad of the police force. They were presented to journalists at a press briefing moderated by Crime Management Coordinator (CMC) Burama Dibba at the Police Headquaters in...