The Gambia's auditor general Momodou Ceesay removed from office by police

The Gambia's auditor general Momodou Ceesay removed from office by police

Momodou Ceesay rejected the president's decision to oust him from the post.

Police ‘forcefully remove’ Gambia’s auditor-general after he rejected new appointment

Police in The Gambia have forcibly removed Momodou Ceesay, the country’s auditor-general, from office after he refused to accept a cabinet reshuffle by President Adama Barrow.   Ceesay, who had held the post for nearly three years, was recently named trade minister by Barrow, but he turned down the appointment.   However, the president insisted that the auditor-general had initially agreed to the move before changing his mind.   The BBC reports …

‘AUDITOR GENERAL CEESAY TO SUE GOV'T OVER REMOVAL’ – The Standard Newspaper

By Omar Bah Lawyer Lamin J Darbo, the legal representative of embattled Auditor General Modou Ceesay, yesterday informed journalists that he will be filing a case before the Supreme Court to challenge his client’s ‘illegal and forceful’ removal from office.Yesterday, police physically removed Auditor General, Modou Ceesay, from his office after he refused to give up the post, in a government reshuffle carried out by President Adama Barrow.Ceesay…

POLICE FORCIBLY REMOVE GAMBIAN AUDITOR GENERAL IN RESHUFFLE ROW - The Zambian Observer

POLICE FORCIBLY REMOVE GAMBIAN AUDITOR GENERAL IN RESHUFFLE ROW POLICE have physically removed The Gambia’s auditor general, Momodou Ceesay, from his office after he refused to give up the post, in a government reshuffle carried out by President Adama Barrow. Ceesay, who has spent almost three years as Auditor General in the West African state, […] The post POLICE FORCIBLY REMOVE GAMBIAN AUDITOR GENERAL IN RESHUFFLE ROW first appeared on The Zam…

Police Forcibly Remove Gambian Auditor General in Reshuffle Row - Thepodiummedia

Police have physically removed The Gambia’s auditor general, Momodou Ceesay, from his office after he refused to give up the post, in a government reshuffle carried out by President Adama Barrow. Ceesay, who has spent almost three years as auditor general in the West African state, says he had turned down Barrow’s recent offer to become trade minister. Yet the president insists that Ceesay originally agreed, but later changed his mind. The row h…