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Momodou
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 Posted - 06 Jan 2017 : 14:52:59
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Six judges expected in Gambia at weekend for Supreme Court cases
By Bruce Asemota
The Point: Friday, January 06, 2017
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/six-judges-expected-in-gambia-at-weekend-for-supreme-court-cases
Judicial sources have confirmed that five judges from Nigeria and one from Sierra Leone, who were appointed in September 2016, are expected in Banjul at the weekend.
Our sources confirmed that Justice Habeeb A.O Abiri, Justice Abubakarr Datti Yahaya, Justice Abubakar Tijani, Justice Obande Festus and Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim are the five Nigerian Judges, and Justice Nicholas Colin Brown from Sierra Leone, are expected to sit at the Supreme Court from 9 to 19 January 2017.
Judicial sources further revealed that these judges were supposed to sit in November 2016, but the sitting was postponed to January 2017 due to the political atmosphere at the time, as the political parties and the people were engaged in political campaigns.
Cases slated for January 9 to 19 include: SC Criminal Appeal number 4/2015 Khaddy Bojang (Represented by A.N.M.O. Darboe) and the State (D.P.P.)
SC Criminal Appeal 5/2014. Bakary Kanyi (Represented by L.K. Mboge) and the State (D.P.P)
SC Criminal Appeal 7/2014 Yankuba Camara (Represented by A.N.M.O Darboe) and the State (D.P.P.)
SC Crimimal Appeal 8/ 2014 Lang Dibba (Represented by L.K. Mboge) and the State (D.P.P).
SC Criminal Appeal 11/2014 Joseph Wowo (Represented by U. Achigbue) and the State (D.P.P.)
The civil appeals are SC CA 009/2013. Mustapha Jadama (Represented by A.N.M.O.Darboe) and Jerreh Fadera and Gambia Telecommunications Co. Ltd (Represented by A.N.D. Bensouda)
SC CA 016/2013. Pa Abdoulie Manneh (Represented by B.S.Touray and Geoffrey Renner (as liquidator for Slok Air)
SC CA 004/2013. Sheriff Singhateh & Deede Jaiteh and Mike Gentles (suing by his Attorney Abdulai Sissoho & Peter Pan House Project) (Represented by A.N.D. Bensouda)
Election Petition SC 001/2017 Yahya A.J.J.Jammeh Sheikh Professor, Alhaji, Dr.(Represented by E.A. Gomez) and Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), The Returning Officer (IEC), Adama Barrow, and the Attorney General of The Gambia.
Election Petition SC 002/2017 Yankuba Colley (suing for and on behalf of five thousand, three hundred and thirty voters) (Represented by E.A. Gomez.) and Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), The Returning Officer (IEC), Adama Barrow, and the Attorney General of The Gambia.
The civil review cases are SC Civil Appeal 15/2012. Isatou Secka (Represented by S.M. Tambadou) and Susan Badjie (Reprsented by I.D Drammeh)
SC Civil Appeal 4/2009. Mohammed Manjang (as personal representative of the late Alh Bora Manjang) (Represented by I.D. Drammeh) and Ousman Semega-Janneh & 8 others (Represented by A.ND. Bensouda).
It would be recalled that the Supreme Court of The Gambia last held a sitting in May 2015.
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Kitabul Arerr
Gambia
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Posted - 06 Jan 2017 : 20:15:10
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| Or in other words: All of a sudden, Six Mercenary Judges expected in Gambia at weekend, to.......!?!?!? |
The New Gambia - Stronger Together! |
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Momodou
Denmark
11851 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jan 2017 : 16:11:07
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Supreme Court cannot determine election petition until May
By Bruce Asemota
The Point: Wednesday, January 11, 2017
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/supreme-court-cannot-determine-election-petition-until-may
 The Chief Justice of The Gambia, Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle, has said that the Supreme Court of the Gambia cannot determine the election petitions until May 2017.
Justice Fagbenle made this announcement yesterday at his chambers, when the matter came up.
Two election petitions were filed for the APRC, one by Bala Garba Jahumpa general secretary of the party, and another by Yankuba Colley, on behalf of five thousand, three hundred and thirty voters, against the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), the Returning Officer for the election who is the IEC Chairman, the president-elect Adama Barrow and the Attorney General.
He said the judges were appointed in August 2016, but the Supreme Court is handicapped due to the unavailability of judges for the sitting to hear the petitions, among others.
He added that his Nigerian and Sierra Leonean counterparts have communicated to him that the judges would not be available to sit in the Supreme Court until May or November this year.
The Supreme Court requires at least five judges to form a quorum.
Justice Fagbenle also disclosed that the APRC lawyer, Edward Gomez, informed him that they had done everything possible to serve the defendants, but to no avail; and that Gomez applied for substituted service on the defendants.
The Chief Justice suggested that the Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism could also be explored by resorting to the Interparty Committee or to make use of the ECOWAS Mediation process.
ECOWAS has the capacity to provide Gambia with judges as part of mediation process, he went on.
In any case, he continued, the two parties in the political dispute should engage in a peaceful resolution of the political impasse.
Meanwhile, the matter was adjourned until 16 January 2017.
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Momodou
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Posted - 11 Jan 2017 : 16:37:32
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Supreme Court Hearings Fail to Commence
By Mamadou Dem & Rohey Jadama
Foroyaa: January 10, 2017
http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/13771
 Sittings of the Supreme Court could not commence yesterday, 9 January, as the panel of judges, who were expected to hear the cases, did not appear.
The Judicial Secretary, Landing Sanneh, confirmed to journalists that they are yet to receive the judges expected to be coming from Nigeria and Sierra Leone. According to section 125 of the Constitution this court shall consist of five justices including the chief justice, who shall preside over the cases.
It was earlier stated in a local newspaper that sittings of the said court are slated for 9 to 19th of this month.
Two petitions have been filed by the APRC (Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction) challenging the outcome of the December 2016 presidential election. The first one was filed by Mr Bala Jahumpa, the APRC Campaign Manager and Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure, in which the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is deemed to be the first respondent and the Attorney General as the second respondent. It has also been confirmed that Mr Yankuba Colley, National Mobiliser of APRC and Mayor of Kanifing Municipality, filed a new petition on behalf of his party in which the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is deemed to be the first respondent and the Attorney General as the second respondent.
The petition is challenging the results of the 2nd December 2016 presidential election which paved way for Adama Barrow, the Independent Candidate supported by the Coalition of opposition parties, to be declared as the winner.
It could be recalled that on 21st of December last year Chief- Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle presided over a petition filed by the same party with the signature of its campaign manager Balla Garba Jahumpa. Following the mentioning of the case, the single judge ordered for service to be effected on the IEC to enable their appearance in court. In the same vein, he disclosed that they were waiting on the judicial service commissions of Nigeria and Sierra Leone respectively to release the judges.
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