By Lamin Njie
Abubacarr Tambadou on Thursday visited State House amid his resignation as attorney general and minister of justice.
Mr Tambadou was at State House to meet President Barrow as well as Vice President Dr Isatou Touray.
While the circumstances of his resignation remain a matter of huge speculation, a source told The Fatu Network Mr Tambadou has landed himself a job at the United Nations.
“He was waiting on the Security Council to vet him before he finally resigns,” the source said.
The Fatu Network 2020 Man of the Year will be working at the UN in a ‘role that’s at the level of an assistant secretary general – and will report directly to the secretary general’.
A senior lawyer reacting to Mr Tambadou’s resignation said on Thursday his concerns are if the government ‘will find someone who will stand by the laws of the country and not to satisfy the government’.
“If we do not choose the best person, we will go back to the Jammeh’s era where the AG will be changing the laws to suit the needs of the president and not that of the country,” the senior lawyer said.
Dawda Jallow has quickly emerged as potential candidate to replace Mr Tambadou.
The former magistrate has the qualification of five years experience as a member of the Gambia Bar Association.
