Gambia’s High Court Judge Frowns At Jammeh’s Regime

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Gambia’s High Court Judge Frowns At Jammeh’s Regime

Wednesday, 06 February 2013 19:15

(JollofNews) – A high court judge in the Gambia, Justice Abdullah Mikailu has criticised the Government of Yahya Jammeh over its prolong detention of Mamburay Njie.

Former Finance Minister Mamburay Njie, 50, was arrested last December and charged at the Banjul Magistrates Court with one count of economic crime.

He is alleged to have between 2006 and 2010‘recklessly and intentionally’ committed undisclosed ‘acts’ that are detrimental to the economy of the Gambia.

Since his arrest, Mr Njie has been detained at the Remand Wing of Mile Two Prisons while his lawyer sought his release on bail at the high court.

Mamburry Njie

Justice Mikailu said the continuous detention of Mr Njie without any explanation by the state was unconstitutional an unacceptable.

He added: “Whenever investigations into a case are delayed, the State should furnish the court on the nature of the detention and the extent of its investigations. It is not enough for the prosecution to keep telling the court that investigations are on-going into the case as a justification for continuous detention of the appellant.”

The judge said the court would not be blindfolded by such excuses and as there was no indictment against Mr Njie, it is unjustifiable for the state to continue detaining him in prison. He therefore ordered his immediate release on bail at a sum of D15, 000,000.
Written by PK Jarju

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+4 #31 2013-02-12 15:48

Quoting Saikouba Ahmed:

Finally, some sanity is taking hold in the Gambian Judiciary. Only when judges and magistrates begin to hold themselves to the rule of law and the right to fair trial of accused persons, judicial independence, and interprete/apply the law rightly will The gambia and her people be saved. Thanks Judge Mikailu.

Justice Makailu did expressed very encouraging words in this matter but utterly failed to match them with action. D15Million bail bond against somebody wh has no indictment levelled against him is outrageous by any standard.

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+2 #30 2013-02-12 10:45

Finally, some sanity is taking hold in the Gambian Judiciary. Only when judges and magistrates begin to hold themselves to the rule of law and the right to fair trial of accused persons, judicial independence, and interprete/apply the law rightly will The gambia and her people be saved. Thanks Judge Mikailu.

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0 #29 2013-02-11 01:02

Any black man who becomes Muslim but fails to read what the Koran says about his own people dishonors himself and the whole of the black race, and furthermore helps devalue the pain of 1000 years of Arab slavery that continues to the present day.
Islam is already destroying Africa and will destroy the west too. If a black man accepts Islam, he does black people an injustice because his life is based on a fantasy invented by the very people who enslaved us. We are warned.

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+1 #28 2013-02-10 16:09

Quoting pablo:

hello, Gambians. mr njie when you was in the government. you never think that one day one day,jammeh is coming ofter you one after the Oder,, next next next

This is not a progressive comment. Injustice is injustice no matter who the victim and his/her past association. We are outraged by the bail condition imposed on ex-minister Njie because it is unreasonable and disproportionat e especially given that no indictment is filed against him at the High Court, in the Judge's own words. That is not to say he has not committed any crime but that is for the state to prove. The facts available in the public space so far relates to bail and clearly, the judge has appalled many in that regard.

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-4 #27 2013-02-10 12:28

hello, Gambians. mr njie when you was in the government. you never think that one day one day,jammeh is coming ofter you one after the Oder,, next next next

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+2 #26 2013-02-09 20:39

PLEASE GRANT ME SOME SPACE, THANK YOU:
I DO NOT GIVE UP UNTIL THE TRUTH COMES OUT.
LET HIM NOT FADE AWAY FROM OUR MIND AND HEART;
LET US REMIND HIM EVERY DAY;
UNTIL THE TRUTH COMES OUT;
THE TRUTH ALWAYS PREVAILS FROM LIES.
IMAM BABA LEIGH 69 DAYS INCOMMUNICADO DETENTION SINCE 03 DECEMBER 2012 BY THE GAMBIAN GOVERNMENT .
FREE THE GAMBIA LONG LIVE THE GAMBIANS HUMAN RIGHTS WILL PREVAIL !

69 DAYS, READER HAVE YOU EVER HAD 1 MINUTE TERRIBLE PHYSICAL PAIN, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IMAM BABA LEIGH HAS GONE THROUGH, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT IS 69 DAYS PSYCHOLOGICAL PAIN.

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+1 #25 2013-02-09 14:10

Quote Ous “...When u guys come to Gambia, u will be arrested, I will expose... you. Assan I know...personally. Bax, I promise, I will fine who u are soon.”

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Ous / Murder-Ous........; what are you threatening about here? Yaya jammeh & cohorts can swim in the crocodile pool-swamps of syndola & do your substances of intoxications....?? It’s no cowardice to engage murderers on their own terms who find themselves accidentally “in-charge” of trust & custody of the very weapons of state meant to protect all but rather abused by the ‘Murderous-Intoxicated’ either in power &/ by GREED & turned on the unarmed-defenceless populace.......??? Yaya & cohorts’ day WILL dawn sooner; you can’t outlast a whole Gambian generation determined to reclaim the community from decadence.

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+3 #24 2013-02-08 22:30

Quoting Ous:

BAX, ASSAN.

You two are interlectual fools that has no idea of how our judicial system works.
Assan, you disappoint me. You thought me in university (MSU) and had great respect for you and I thought u were the smartest man alive. I was wrong about you. And I most say the president is also disappointed in u.
Bax, u are an unpatroitic Gambian. You just a tribalist that is so ignorant about Gambian constitution.
When u guys come to Gambia, u will be arrested, I will expose both of you. Assan I know you personally. Bax, I promise, I will fine who u are soon.

Arrest for what crime???? You people think you can come here and bully people??? Fuck it, my friend.

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+1 #23 2013-02-08 22:13

Quoting RadioKangKang:

Gambian,

Gambian, Can you please tell the U.S or British officils that you've intention to blow up yourself in public or a public property and see what they gonna charge you with? If isn't going to thesame as If you committed thesame crime. Hon. Chief Justice Ramond Sock is right.

Well, it won't be treason and I certainly won't be condemned to death.

I am not a criminal anyway. So you don't need to worry about that. I am responsible and law abiding. And by the way, in live in Gambia.

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0 #22 2013-02-08 22:02

Quoting RadioKangKang:

Gambian, You claimed that Pres. Jammeh hired Nigerian judges to imprison Gambians who doesn't like him very much. Now, He has appointed an educated and expriences gambian son. And yet, you aren't satisfied.

Gambian, Can you please tell the U.S .

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I didn't say Jammeh hires Nigerian judges to imprison his opponent. All I said is that gambians always blames foreigners for all the wrong decisions that comes out of our courts and yet nobody is talking about Raymond Sock, a gambian, who imposed death penalty on people whose crime did not involve violence as per the requirement of the constitution. In english, violence means something involing physical force, not a mere intention.

This is not about whether or not a crime was committed but whether the sentence of death conforms with the constitution. It is about the threasehold for imposing death penalty.

You need to read my posting carefully or check ur head.

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