Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – Adji Sera Trera, a citizen of the Gambia, has been denied temporary release by a Senegalese court on Wednesday. Trera is being prosecuted for allegedly defrauding Senegalese trader Modou Ndiaye of CFA673 million.
Trera, who was placed under an arrest warrant on April 30, appeared before the adjudicatory chamber of Senegal’s Financial Judicial Pool handling flagrante delicto matters on May 7.
The case was adjourned to May 21 for pleadings following a request by Maître Abdy Nar Ndiaye, counsel for the civil party. The postponement came despite objections from defense lawyer, Maître El Hadj Diouf.
During the hearing, the defense strongly pushed for Trera’s provisional release, arguing that the matter stemmed from longstanding commercial dealings between the accused and the complainant.
According to Maître Diouf, Trera had maintained business relations with Modou Ndiaye as one of his suppliers and had traveled to Senegal at the invitation of the trader himself. The lawyer further argued that his client had stable ties in Senegal, claiming she was domiciled with Ndiaye’s marabout.
However, prosecutors opposed the bail request, insisting that the accused did not provide sufficient guarantees that she would appear before the court if released.
The public prosecutor particularly pointed to the magnitude of the alleged fraud amount, estimated at CFA673 million, as a major factor weighing against her release.
The defense rejected that justification, with Maître Diouf arguing that the prosecution’s objections were not supported by concrete evidence.
After deliberations, the court ruled against granting temporary release, concluding that Trera lacked sufficient guarantees of representation before the court.
The Gambian woman remains in custody pending the continuation of proceedings later this month.
The case has attracted attention both in Senegal and The Gambia due to the scale of the alleged financial dispute and Trera’s cross-border business connections.
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