Family of the Nigerian-born former Chief Justice, CJ, of The Gambia, Justice Joseph Wowo, accused of requesting bribe over a land issue, has said the judge was being persecuted on account of his nationality.

In a document made available to Vanguard in Lagos by his elder brother, Godwin Wowo, he claimed that the bribe story was a “bunch of falsehood” orchestrated by powerful forces in The Gambia, who did not want a foreigner to be appointed CJ of their country.

Godwin claimed that his younger brother’s problems started when he was invited by The Gambia’s former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Lamin Jobarteh, to help settle a dispute.

The dispute concerns a land matter in which Justice Wowo, as a High Court Judge, had delivered a judgment in favour of a German, Bernd Dietrich, against 12 trespassers, including one Andre Sape Van Klaabergen, who was the former Minister’s client before his appointment as Attorney-General.

According to Godwin’s account, the said meeting was attended by parties to the land suit, who were also accompanied by their lawyers.

He said that the ex-Attorney-General had offered to pay D500,000 as compensation to the German on behalf of his client.

He said the German, through his counsel, Mr. Christopher Mene,refused, maintaining that he wants nothing less than D1.5 million for the land.

He said that his brother could have demanded bribe at the meeting that held at the former minister’s house before over 12 people, saying a judgment of the court had been delivered on the issue.





http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/nigerian-born-gambian-judge-is-being-persecuted-family/#sthash.eaFEK922.dpuf

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i knew this would get to the front page...! once there are evidences against the Judge, there's no point beating about the bush. Let him face the music!

and all we saw on video also is persecution? even if he was being set up, he has d intent to commit d crime... so no excuse, if he's a man of dignity he would have rejected d offer but this is d man that is even asking for more like person wey drink Pepsi.... shameless judge

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Let them stop this harrasment

Who says Nigerians are not everywhere.

the corruption wey dey naija no do reach, na to com export am go Gambia.

By the way, is it constitutional for a foreigner to become a chief judge in another man's country?! I'm just wondering if Nigeria could do the same.

THIS IS A CLEAR CASE OF A JUDGE BEING THE JUDGED.


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Is he being prosecuted bcuz he is worwor? I don't get it

Nigerian born Gambian judge?
Okay. If to say e neva enter gbese them for no give him the title, NIGERIAN BORN GAMBIAN JUDGE.

which persecution?? where?? shey as dem no give am the bribe amount wey im ask for abi. abegii

Why is he asking Nigeria for help?. I'm certain people like him would have renounced his Nigerian citizenship by now. They should go and sit down jor.

A nation where family members of criminals have the Balls to give Press Statement....em no even ashamed.....*farts on Mr Wowo's Head and runs away*....

A nation where family members of criminals have the Balls to give Press Statement....em no even ashamed.....*farts on Mr Wowo's Head and runs away*...

Lol @topic, befor nkor, abi make them carry medal give am?

Glaring!

So what should Nigerians do about it? I thought he should have nationalized himself to Gambia by now so as far as I'm concerned, he's not a Nigerian.

nigeria s not harrasin foreigners. dat is y we have been harrased in other countries. :'

If the Gambian authorities didn't want a foreigner to be CJ then why did a Ghanaian replace him? This man was simply corrupt. Final!

The problem is we all know that many Nigerians are corrupt and will do anything to get richer. This fact even many countries know well. So what happened to the video? Same way facrook did to us.

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Rather lame duck excuse being offered for and on behalf of the culpable fellow of a Judge by his relatives simply intended to whip up parochial sentiments in his favor when he is eventually arraigned in court for his disgraceful deeds.
The tale now being fine~tuningly narrated by his shameless kinsmen further corroborates the events as had been electronically recorded in the Youtube video.
There's a deart of a discernible denial of his involvement in the ignoble bribery for judgment transaction.

Story story e eeee story.The fact is that the judge is a true representative of Nigerian Legal system where judgement is delivered to the highest bidder.If corruption in the nigerian legal system is exported to Gambia,that means we should be expecting some hard currencies for the export.Gambians should pay us because one of our own is re-engineering their legal system

But we listened to the recording naa, what is this man saying ?

a whole CJ is presiding over land disputes. Gambia must be one heck of a small country lol.

thank god nothing happen to our president , he is still her live

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Nigerian born Gambian judge?
Okay. If to say e neva enter gbese them for no give him the title, NIGERIAN BORN GAMBIAN JUDGE.

Nothing new many nigerians have been chief judge there