{"id":89957,"date":"2025-11-12T17:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt"},"modified":"2025-11-12T18:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:16:20","slug":"state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt","title":{"rendered":"State House Vehicle Controller Denies Money Receipt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The vehicle controller at the State House, Famara Saidyba, has denied receiving any money from personnel of the Mechanical Services Agency (MSA) under the instructions of Sergeant Adama Jange. He made the denial on Tuesday while testifying before the National Assembly Special Select Committee probing the sale and disposal of assets belonging to former President Yahya Jammeh.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>During the session, Lead Counsel Lamin Dibba informed Saidyba that a mechanic attached to the State House\u2014who had previously worked at both the Kanifing Garage and the MSA\u2014claimed that on several occasions, MSA personnel were given cash to deliver to him on the orders of Sgt. Jange.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat has never happened,\u201d Saidyba firmly responded.<\/p>\n<p>Counsel Dibba further asked whether Saidyba could recall being handed D20,000 by a State Guard officer, as alleged by the mechanic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t recall that transaction. I have never met this particular State Guard officer, and I don\u2019t remember receiving D20,000 from anyone,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that he had never received money from any individual connected to the MSA or the State Guard.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he remembered receiving any other sums, including a D100,000 transaction, the witness again said no.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Jammeh, a member of the committee, questioned him about whether he had ever met a military officer at night for a financial exchange. The witness denied ever being involved in such a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Saidyba was also asked whether he had received D50,000 from an MSA personnel allegedly sent by Sergeant Jagne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has never happened,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>He was later shown the names of three soldiers, including Sergeant Jagne, and asked whether he recalled meeting them in Banjul to receive cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, that never happened,\u201d Saidyba maintained.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his testimony, Saidyba consistently denied all allegations of receiving money from MSA personnel or military officers connected to the former president\u2019s assets.<\/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. The vehicle controller at the State House, Famara Saidyba, has denied receiving any money from personnel of the Mechanical Services Agency (MSA) under the instructions of Sergeant Adama Jange. He made the denial on Tuesday while testifying before the National Assembly Special Select Committee probing the sale and disposal of assets belonging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-89957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","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>State House Vehicle Controller Denies Money Receipt - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The vehicle controller at the State House, Famara Saidyba, has denied receiving any money from personnel of the Mecha ...\" \/>\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\/state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State House Vehicle Controller Denies Money Receipt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The vehicle controller at the State House, Famara Saidyba, has denied receiving any money from personnel of the Mecha ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt\" \/>\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=\"2025-11-12T17:37:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-12T18:16:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1762958736.600498.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"957\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"638\" \/>\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\/state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"State House Vehicle Controller Denies Money Receipt\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-12T17:37:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-12T18:16:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt\"},\"wordCount\":328,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1762958736.600498.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/state-house-vehicle-controller-denies-money-receipt\",\"name\":\"State House Vehicle Controller Denies Money Receipt - 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