{"id":27493,"date":"2023-01-10T12:58:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T12:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/nigerian-judges-withdraw-200m-suit-against-gambia-government"},"modified":"2023-01-10T14:41:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T14:41:55","slug":"nigerian-judges-withdraw-200m-suit-against-gambia-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nigerian-judges-withdraw-200m-suit-against-gambia-government","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian judges withdraw $200M suit against Gambia government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Four Nigerian former judiciary officials have filed notices to withdraw the two hundred million dollars suit against the Gambia Government before the Ecowas court of Justice in Abuja, Nigeria.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Former Chief Judges, Emmanuel A Agim, Joseph Wowo, Justice Joseph Ikpala and then Principal Magistrate Hilary U Abeke served in the Gambian judiciary during erstwhile president Yahya Jammeh\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>The former judiciary officials\u2019 suit was necessitated by the TRRC report which they claimed was damaging to their reputation, having heard\/received evidence against them without giving them the opportunity to get their own side of the story.<\/p>\n<p>The Gambia government in its white paper exonerated thes former Nigerian Judiciary officials, citing the assistance and the bilateral relation and cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Four Nigerian former judiciary officials have filed notices to withdraw the two hundred million dollars suit against the Gambia Government before the Ecowas court of Justice in Abuja, Nigeria. 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