{"id":273,"date":"2019-09-09T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=273"},"modified":"2019-09-09T14:18:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:18:59","slug":"diplomatic-passport-fraud-president-barrow-has-ordered-full-investigation-spokesperson-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/diplomatic-passport-fraud-president-barrow-has-ordered-full-investigation-spokesperson-says","title":{"rendered":"Diplomatic Passport Fraud: President Barrow Has Ordered Full Investigation, Spokesperson Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President Adama Barrow as the singular approving authority of diplomatic passports has instructed a full investigation into the raging diplomatic passport hooha, government spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh said Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Barrow\u2019s government is trying to dig itself out of a firestorm following the arrest of dozens of people mostly government officials over allegations they go about fraudulently helping individuals hold Gambia diplomatic passport.<\/p>\n<p>The arrested individuals include protocol officers at both the office of the president and the ministry of foreign affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Abubacarr Tambadou became the first top government official to get caught up in the diplomatic passport scandal after letter emerged online on Saturday showing the office of the president approving a request for diplomatic passport to be issued to the justice minister\u2019s wife, mother, step-mother and sisters.<\/p>\n<p>But on Monday, government spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh said in the statement \u2018President Adama Barrow as the singular Approving Authority of Diplomatic Passports has instructed a full, swift and comprehensive investigation to break the neck of the criminal cabal bent on tarnishing the good image of The Gambia.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sankareh added: \u201cMr Barrow has made it categorically clear that \u2018there will be no sacred cows; no one will be spared in these investigations regardless of one\u2019s position and all those found wanting, will face the full extent of the law.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, conscious of the gravity of the situation and its potential ramifications vis-a-vis The Gambia\u2019s international obligations under UN Security Council Resolutions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), will soon convene a meeting with members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps to immediately address this and similar pressing issues.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Adama Barrow as the singular approving authority of diplomatic passports has instructed a full investigation into the raging diplomatic passport hooha, government spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh said Monday. 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