Not very reassuring news for Samuel Sarr charged, yesterday Thursday, for “misuse of corporate assets” involving an amount of more than 8 billion CFA francs. According to our colleagues from Pressafrik, the general director of West African Energy (WAE) and former Minister of Energy was immediately transferred to the special wing of Le Dantec hospital, due to a state of health deemed incompatible with detention. in a traditional prison environment.
Before this decision, the source informs, his lawyers – Baboucar Cissé, Cheikh Ahmadou Ndiaye and Dionewar Soumaré – had submitted a request for provisional release. A request that was rejected.
They also specified “that no act of embezzlement or embezzlement can be attributed to him in the light of the file. Mr. Samuel Sarr is being prosecuted for the offense of misuse of company assets on erroneous grounds.”
They said their client had provided solid evidence regarding his management and strongly rejected the verdict, saying his arrest was politically motivated.
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