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 arrest 2 GALA activists, forcibly remove Auditor General

In a video circulating online, eyewitnesses say officers of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) stormed the NAO just as Ceesay prepared to address journalists. He was ordered to halt and escorted into a private office before being barred from re-entering the premises “until further notice.” Outside the building, GALA activists Alieu Bah and Kemo Fatty were arrested during a press conference convened to denounce what they called the “illegal remov…

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 …

Police Officers Remove Auditor General From His Office in Gambia – Foroyaa Newspaper

By Amadou Manjang Around thirty of police officers entered the headquarters of the National Audit Office on Monday, forcing Auditor General Modou Ceesay from his post in a dramatic escalation of a dispute between the presidency and the country’s chief public finance watchdog. The officers of the Gambia Police Force, including members of the Police Intervention Unit, surrounded the Audit Office compound shortly after 9 a.m., according to eyewitne…

‘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…