Mai Ahmad Fatty has strongly pooh-poohed reports he scammed a man out of D345,000 – hours after a letter circulated online showing a man giving power to his relative to lodge a complaint with police against the GMC leader.
Hajie Jaiteh, based in Spain, gave his authority to his grandfather Idrissa Jaiteh to lodge a complaint against Mr Fatty after accusing him of obtaining money by false pretence. Hajie alleged in his power of attorney that he gave Mr Fatty D345,000 for a plot of land when someone else owned the land.
The Fatu Network contacted Hajie but he shared his grandfather’s (Idrissa Jaiteh) number to speak to him instead.
The older Jaiteh who refused to state explicitly if he did give money to Mai Fatty and if there is a receipt, said: “I don’t know who took it the social media. We have not reached the stage of taking it to social media. Mai Fatty did not deny and we have not also reached the point of him saying he will not give me my money.
“There is law in this country. If the time comes and I don’t get my money, everyone will then know their stand. I was at his house today and we spoke. If I decide to go to the media, it’s not just going to be a power of attorney that I am going to put out.”
But Mai Fatty took to his Facebook handle on Sunday evening, writing: “This paper is making the rounds and because its political season, our detractors believe they have a tool they can use. Not this one: the contents are false.
“There has never been any land transaction between me, Mai Ahmad Fatty, and Haji Jaiteh: Haji Jaiteh did not pay any money to me; I did not sell any property to Haji Jaiteh.
“If he claimed to have a case, the media is not a court of law. There is a proper Forum for legal disputes where controversies are determined and enforceable. There are those who will stop at nothing in their attempt to destroy others. This malicious misrepresentation is politically motivated to distract us. It has failed.”
