Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – In the civil suit filed by Abdoulaye Thiam against Aisha Fatty, Eco Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank) have on Wednesday submitted detailed account statements of the first defendant, Aisha Fatty, following a directive from Hon. Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court of The Gambia.
Abdoulaye Thiam, a business tycoon from Senegal, is suing Aisha Fatty, a Gambian businesswoman, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to recover money, gold ornaments, and properties, including vehicles, which he claims to have given to Aisha Fatty during their intimate relationship.
On May 8, 2024, Justice Jaiteh issued an order instructing Eco Bank and GT Bank to provide the bank statements of Aisha Fatty. This order followed a motion submitted by Thiam’s legal team, urging the court to compel the banks to disclose specific statements. The motion, dated May 2, 2024, specifically requested statements for two bank accounts at Eco Bank, which are currently under court attachment. Similar statements were sought from GT Bank for accounts associated with Fatty.
On June 9, 2024, GT Bank’s Legal Officer, Eric Samuel Ketter, presented the requested bank statements to the court, complying with the court order.
Copies of these statements were provided to both Thiam’s and Fatty’s legal teams for validation. Following a thorough examination, Thiam’s Counsel, Lamin A. Ceesay, expressed satisfaction with the documents provided by GT Bank.
Regarding the bank statements from Eco Bank, Justice Jaiteh announced that the Assistant Registrar had received a letter from Eco Bank containing details of two accounts owned by Fatty, one in Dalasi and another in Euro.
Counsel Lamin A. Ceesay requested the court to admit the documents as evidence, stating, “Your honour, now that the documents are in front of the court, we ask for their admission into evidence.”
However, Fatty’s Counsel, Kaddijatou Jallow, objected to the admissibility of her client’s bank statements from both GT Bank and Eco Bank.
“If my lord is considering admitting these documents, we are objecting to them vehemently,” Jallow submitted.
Despite this objection, Justice Ebrima Jaiteh did not allow arguments regarding the admissibility of the bank statements, emphasizing that the documents were produced by the banks themselves. Consequently, he proceeded to admit Fatty’s bank statements from GT Bank and Eco Bank into evidence, marking them as exhibits.
The bank statements from Eco Bank pertained to Fatty’s Metro Hair business and her Euro account, covering the period from September 15, 2021, to April 30, 2024. The Dalasi account at Eco Bank spanned from March 21, 2019, to May 18, 2024, marked as exhibit.
Hon. Justice Jaiteh adjourned the case to July 17, 2024, for the continuation of the proceedings.
