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Gambia: Jambur Land Dispute Trial - Accused Persons Discharged
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FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
26 March 2008
Posted to the web 26 March 2008
Modou Jonga
Senior Magistrate E.F M'bai of the Brikama Magistrates' Court, on Tuesday, 18 March, 2008 discharged eighteen people who were charged with trespassing on a disputed piece of land, located at Jambur, in Kombo South, for lack of jurisdiction.
During the sitting on 6 February, counsel for the accused persons, Lawyer Borry Touray submitted that the Brikama Magistrates Court is incompetent and lacks jurisdiction to proceed with the case. Lawyer Touray noted that a civil action for the determination of ownership of the disputed piece of land is filed at the Brikama High Court.
In his reply, the prosecutor Corporal 134 Sambou noted that the accused persons have failed to heed to the order of the High Court that urged them to refrain from interfering with the disputed piece of land.
In his ruling, the presiding Magistrate noted that the accused persons are charged with criminal trespass on a disputed piece of land whose ownership is yet to be determined. Magistrate M'bai reiterated that a civil suit determining ownership of the said land is pending at the High Court.
He said it is for the High Court to take appropriate action on the failure of the accused persons to heed to its order to desist from interfering with the said land. Magistrate M'bai noted that his court lacks jurisdiction to entertain such a matter and accordingly discharged the eighteen persons.
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The discharged persons are Ansumana Jammeh, Lamin S. Bojang, Amadou Bojang, Ousman Bojang, Bubacarr Bojang, Alieu Saine, Muhamed Bojang, Buba Bojang, Lamin C. Bojang, Lamin K. Bojang, Ebou Njie, Abdoulie Touray, Alasan Bojang, Abdoulie Bojang, Omar Bojang, Mbemba Fadera and Musa Bojang.
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