{"id":85071,"date":"2025-08-29T17:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/mai-fatty-challenges-corruption-allegations-demands-evidence"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:30:14","slug":"mai-fatty-challenges-corruption-allegations-demands-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mai-fatty-challenges-corruption-allegations-demands-evidence","title":{"rendered":"Mai Fatty Challenges Corruption Allegations, Demands Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Former Interior Minister Ahmed Mai Fatty has strongly dismissed claims that he was removed from office due to corruption, challenging his critics to produce evidence to substantiate their allegations.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez, Fatty addressed a listener\u2019s question regarding persistent accusations against him. He firmly rejected the claims, insisting that no credible proof has ever been presented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have challenged the whole world to come out with evidence so that I can be prosecuted for corruption. No one has come forward,\u201d Fatty declared. \u201cSo, if you do not have the evidence, for God\u2019s sake, can you shut up?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He warned against spreading unverified claims, noting that such actions amount to defamation. \u201cDo not try to damage, try to defame me by hiding behind people saying, people say. What do you say? People say, people must prove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that allegations without evidence are not only insufficient but also damaging and defamatory: \u201cIt is a shame for a Gambian to stand and accuse another Gambian of corruption without evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fatty further questioned the selective nature of the accusations, arguing that many other government officials have been relieved of their posts without similar allegations being made against them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy must we keep saying Mai Fatty alone? What about the rest? I think it is unfair, it is unjust, I think it is vindictive, and I think it is selective,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Concluding his remarks, Fatty reiterated that in the absence of evidence, any accusation against him remains baseless. \u201cWithout proof, it is simply a lie\u2014and people will see it as such,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Former Interior Minister Ahmed Mai Fatty has strongly dismissed claims that he was removed from office due to corruption, challenging his critics to produce evidence to substantiate their allegations. Speaking on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez, Fatty addressed a listener\u2019s question regarding persistent accusations against him. 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