Bubabcarr AMO Badjie, the Director of Legal Affairs of the Gambia’s national intelligence agency, SIS, has been released on bail today, Monday, June 12th, his lawyer confirmed.
Badjie who was detained at the Kairaba Police Station since last Friday is said to be interdicted over allegations that he allegedly leaked a petition document he wrote to President Barrow and published in online media, allegations he denied.
Lawyer Lamin J. Darboe said his client has been granted bail with the sum of fifty thousand dalasis (D50, 000) with two Gambian sureties who have deposited their national identity documents with the police.
It could be recalled that recently, Mr Badjie wrote a petition and send to the President’s office in which he highlighted various issues about the Intelligence Agency of the Gambia.
He exposed the high level of corruption at the country’s Intelligence Agency – State Intelligence Services (SIS)- and the incompetence of its staff.
He also cited the agency of having a 60 per cent workforce that is “functionally illiterate” and can neither read nor understand the English Language. He said the usefulness of such people as Intel agents is very insignificant as most of them cannot write comprehensive English Language nor understand it.
Meanwhile, the SIS had reacted with fury over Badjie’s allegations, describing it as ‘untrue’.
