US moves to seize ex-Gambian leader’s $3.5m mansion

By GNNLiberia On Jul 17, 2020 39

The US justice department says former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh used the proceeds of bribery and embezzled public funds to buy a mansion in a Washington suburb when he was in power.

According to documents presented as part of an effort to seize the property in the US capital, Mr Jammeh bought the $3.5m (£2.8m) house a decade ago.

He is said to have bought the property through a trust set up by his wife Zineb Jammeh.

The former president ruled The Gambia for more than 20 years. He fled the country after losing the 2017 elections and now lives in Equatorial Guinea.

Source: ghanamma.com

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.

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