KMC security officers have barred embattled chief executive officer of Kanifing Municipal Council Sainabou Martin Sonko from entering the KMC compound.
Mrs Martin Sonko’s reputation has been thrown into serious crisis after it emerged she took a loan of 12 million dalasis on behalf of KMC staff and bought a land with the money. KM Mayor Talib Bensouda accused her of fraud and said her action is criminal.
KMC council of elected representatives led by Mayor Bensouda then resolved for Mrs Martin Sonko to be suspended along with director of finance.
But the local government ministry in a letter to Mayor Bensouda said the action of the council in trying to suspend Mrs Martin Sonko is illegal. The ministry asked that she be allowed back to work amid an investigation by the ministry.
But the beleaguered official could not enter the KMC compound on Wednesday when she tried to do so.
