Gambia: Ex-SG Bah, Jobarteh And Pa Harry Get 2 Years Jail Term

Justice Emmanuel Nkea of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul, Thursday 19th December 2013, convicted and sentenced Lamin AMS Jobarteh, Pa Harry Jammeh and Dr Njogou L Bah to a mandatory jail-term of two-years each, after he found them guilty on the offences of conspiracy and abuse of office.

The convicts; Lamin AMS Jobarteh, Pa Harry Jammeh and Dr Njogu L Bah, the former attorney general and minister of Justice, the former solicitor general and Legal Secretary and the former secretary general, Head of the Civil Service and minister of Presidential Affairs respectively, were earlier charged on three-counts of conspiracy, giving false information to a public servant and abuse of office.

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