Gambia: 57 Jammeh Properties Frozen By Court Were Never Investigated By Janneh Commission, Report Reveals

Gambia: 57 Jammeh Properties Frozen By Court Were Never Investigated By Janneh Commission, Report Reveals

The special select committee of the National Assembly has uncovered a gap in the investigation of properties linked to former president Yahya A.J.J Jammeh, revealing that dozens of properties frozen by court order were never examined by the Janneh Commission set up to probe his assets.

Gajigo Raises Concerns Over Select Committee’s Report on Disposal of Jammeh Assets

By Haddy Touray Dr. Ousman Gajigo, a senior member of the Gambia For All Party, has expressed serious concerns over findings contained in the National Assembly Special Select Committee’s report on the disposal of assets belonging to former president Yahya Jammeh. Dr. Gajigo says the report presents troubling revelations of administrative incompetence, institutional dysfunction and governance failures in the management and disposal of the former …

57 Jammeh properties frozen by court were never investigated by Janneh Commission, report reveals

The finding is contained in the committee’s report on the sale and disposal of assets identified by the Commission of Inquiry into the financial dealings of public bodies with the former president. According to the report, a cross-check of court records and the Commission’s property list uncovered what the committee described as an inexplicable omission. The committee noted that on 22 May 2017 the High Court issued an order freezing 131 landed p…