{"id":89087,"date":"2025-10-31T17:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant"},"modified":"2025-10-31T18:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:18:01","slug":"parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant","title":{"rendered":"Parliamentary Committee Orders Arrest of Sergeant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>A parliamentary committee ordered the arrest of a military sergeant who was testifying before it and was found wanting of \u201ccontempt.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Special Select Committee investigating the disposal of assets linked to former President Yahya Jammeh yesterday ordered the arrest of Sergeant Adama Jagne for contempt of the National Assembly, marking a dramatic escalation in the ongoing probe.<\/p>\n<p>The order came during Jagne\u2019s fourth appearance before the committee, where lawmakers accused him of repeatedly withholding crucial information and tampering with witnesses scheduled to testify. The committee\u2019s frustration was palpable as they cited his pattern of dishonesty across multiple sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single time you appear before this committee, you are not honest,\u201d the committee told Jagne during heated exchanges. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to tell the committee everything you know, and you\u2019ve been trying to hide information from this committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The committee discovered that Jagne had been selling tractors identified by the Janneh Commission as assets associated with the former president, information he failed to disclose despite having \u201cample time\u201d to do so. More damaging was evidence that he had been coaching other witnesses, advising them on what to say during their testimonies.<\/p>\n<p>During questioning, Jagne admitted to speaking with at least two other summoned witnesses, telling them to \u201cjust tell the truth\u201d and not hide anything. However, the committee viewed this as witness tampering, particularly given his own track record of concealment.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest order was issued pursuant to sections 109 and 110 of the 1997 Constitution, along with the National Assembly Powers and Privileges Act and standing orders 102 and 140. The Sergeant-at-Arms was directed to take Jagne into custody and deliver him to the Gambian Armed Forces military police.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also notified the Ministers of Interior and Justice, directing them to take all necessary legal steps to prosecute Jagne for contempt. All law enforcement and public officers have been ordered to cooperate fully, with warnings that failure to comply would itself constitute contempt of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>This arrest represents the committee\u2019s strongest action yet in its investigation into the disposal of assets recovered by the Janneh Commission. The probe continues to uncover the complex web of transactions involving properties and assets linked to Jammeh\u2019s 22-year rule, with the committee clearly determined to get to the truth despite witness resistance.<\/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. A parliamentary committee ordered the arrest of a military sergeant who was testifying before it and was found wanting of \u201ccontempt.\u201d The Special Select Committee investigating the disposal of assets linked to former President Yahya Jammeh yesterday ordered the arrest of Sergeant Adama Jagne for contempt of the National Assembly, marking a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-89087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parliamentary Committee Orders Arrest of Sergeant - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A parliamentary committee ordered the arrest of a military sergeant who was testifying before it and was found wantin ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parliamentary Committee Orders Arrest of Sergeant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A parliamentary committee ordered the arrest of a military sergeant who was testifying before it and was found wantin ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-31T17:03:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-31T18:18:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761921869.952267.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"393\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Parliamentary Committee Orders Arrest of Sergeant\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-31T17:03:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-31T18:18:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant\"},\"wordCount\":401,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761921869.952267.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/parliamentary-committee-orders-arrest-of-sergeant\",\"name\":\"Parliamentary Committee Orders Arrest of Sergeant - 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