A tall man on Friday asked Mustapha K Darboe to leave the Supreme Court premises as the investigative journalist carried out a short filming.
Darboe is the nation’s top journalist on investigation and some of his stories have uncovered corruption and other illegal activities in government.
He was on Friday at the Supreme Court but was stopped by an aggressive tall man alongside two police officers who threatened that he could be charged. Darboe only filmed the outside of the court.
The journalist confirmed the incident to The Fatu Network saying the man told him ‘who the hell are you’ and asked him to leave the court premises.
“I left,” Darboe said as he describes the man as tall and believes he is an employee of the judiciary.
Darboe is working on a new project and needed footage of the outside of the court.
There is no law in The Gambia which bars reporters from filming at court premises. The only place not allowed is inside the courtroom.
