Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – Senegalese PASTEF politician Ndiaga Seck is expected to appear before a judge at the Louga court this Monday after investigators said compromising digital evidence and testimony from an accused suspect significantly weakened his defense in a widening scandal involving alleged homosexual networks in Linguère.
Seck, 51, was arrested Friday by the Criminal Investigation Division (DIC) after several days of pursuit following his return to Senegal. His arrest forms part of an ongoing investigation that has already seen 22 suspects brought before prosecutors in Diambour over allegations including criminal conspiracy, incitement to debauchery, unlawful possession of pornographic material, and the intentional transmission of HIV/AIDS.
According to Senegalese media reports, Seck known for his close relations with PASTEF leader Ousmane Sonko, was questioned by investigators at the Linguère police station over his alleged relationship with Ahmadou Lamine Dia, an employee of the CSE construction company based in Mérina Ndiaye in the Dahra district. Dia reportedly identified Seck as one of his sexual partners during the investigation.
Although Seck admitted knowing Dia and maintaining contact with him, he denied ever having intimate relations with the suspect.
However, investigators said his denials began to unravel after Dia allegedly produced a cache of messages, photos, videos, voice notes, and communication transcripts said to have been exchanged between the two men between 2010 and 2013.
Investigators reportedly pointed to several Wolof-language exchanges they considered sexually suggestive and indicative of a deeper relationship.
Among the phrases reportedly recovered from the communications were “Nékhone naa dembeu,” “naam naa sa bii affair,” and “sa affair bii reuyneu,” which investigators believe shed light on the nature of the relationship between the two men.
Sources close to the investigation said Seck acknowledged the authenticity of the messages after being confronted with records allegedly bearing his name and phone number. Despite this, he reportedly maintained that no sexual relationship ever occurred between him and Dia.
The case took a more damaging turn during a confrontation between the two men, where Dia allegedly stood by his claims and told investigators that Seck was his “love” and that the pair had slept together on several occasions.
The revelations appear to have significantly complicated Seck’s legal position as investigators intensify efforts to map what they describe as a broader clandestine network operating in the Linguère area.
Judicial sources say Seck is being prosecuted under a warrant issued by an investigating judge at the Louga High Court.
The charges include criminal conspiracy, endangering the lives of others, unnatural acts, inciting debauchery, illegally collecting pornographic material, and intentional transmission of HIV/AIDS.
The HIV transmission allegation stems largely from accusations leveled against Dia himself, who is separately being prosecuted for allegedly intentionally transmitting the virus.
Investigators also claim that Dia told police he was first introduced into the alleged network by a Cape Verdean mixed-race man identified as Jeannot Rodriguez, whom he accused of facilitating his entry into circles of alleged homosexual activity.
At the time authorities arrested the first batch of 22 suspects, Seck was reportedly outside Senegal. Upon his return, police in Linguère issued an arrest warrant and imposed a travel ban against him before the DIC eventually tracked him down and arrested him on Friday morning.
Attention now shifts to the Louga court, where Seck is expected to be presented before the investigating judge.
The hearing could determine whether he is formally indicted and remanded into custody pending further investigations or released under judicial supervision as prosecutors continue building their case in one of Senegal’s most closely watched morality-related investigations in recent months.
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