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Adama Barrow Appoints Nigerian, 4 Gambians As Supreme Court Justices

President Adama Barrow of The Gambia has appointed and sworn in six new judges to top courts Monday, with Gambians dominating the list in a country that long relied on foreign justices under the former regime.
Chief Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow said the four appointed to the Supreme Court and two appointed to the Court of Appeal had all enjoyed “distinguished legal careers here and abroad”.
“I am sure their appointment brings much to the legal system,” he said at an introduction ceremony at Banjul’s High Court.
Cherno Sulayman Jallow, a former Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands and Mary Mam Yassin Sey, a former Gambian judge who resigned and went to work for the United Nations as a legal adviser, were appointed to the Supreme Court.
Gambians appointed to the Appeals Court were Naceesay Sallah Wadda, a former Gambian justice on the panel sacked by Jammeh last year, and Omar Njie, a former vice-president of the Gambia Bar Association.
Nigerian Abubakar Datti Yahaya and Sierra Leonean justice Nicholas Colin Browne-Marke were also appointed to the Supreme Court, showing that while a “Gambianisation” of the system is under way, judges with common legal systems are not barred from serving.
The Supreme Court now has quorum to hear the country’s most high-profile legal decisions for the first time in several months.
– AFP
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