Affaire ASER–AEE Power EPC : le courrier de Baba Diallo qui relance la controverse
The alleged embezzlement of 37 billion FCFA within the rural electrification project awarded to AEE Power EPC continues to raise numerous questions. While media exchanges have intensified in recent days between Member of Parliament Thierno Alassane Sall and the Director General of ASER, Jean Michel Sène, a document dated May 2024 has emerged, raising new questions about the case.
This is a letter signed by Baba Diallo, former Director General of ASER, and addressed to Samba Fall, Director of Scheduling and Public Expenditure (DODP). Dated May 13, 2024, and bearing the reference 24/317/DG/fd, this letter explicitly requests the suspension of the advance payment process intended for AEE Power EPC SAU, the contractor awarded contract T0296/24.
In this correspondence, Baba Diallo states that he is acting "on instructions from the authority" and requests the suspension, until further notice, of the payment of the start-up advance as well as the payment related to expenses incurred on behalf of the company in question. He specifies, however, that the payment requests had already been sent to the DODP through two letters (No. 24-193/DAF/CDF and No. 24-194/DAF/CDF) dated March 22, 2024.
This revelation comes as Jean Michel Sène asserts that the funds now at the heart of the controversy were disbursed before he took office. A guest on a special program broadcast on June 14, 2026, the Director General of ASER reiterated that he only assumed his duties on July 10, 2024, several weeks after the approval of the contract in question.
According to his explanation, the contract was signed and validated on February 23, 2024, by the relevant authorities, at a time when Baba Diallo was head of ASER. He also points out that the disputed disbursements were made on June 11, 2024, after Baba Diallo's departure from the agency's general management position, which occurred on June 5, 2024, the date on which he was appointed.
This chronology of events therefore raises a central question: how could the payments have been executed when an official request for suspension had been made almost a month earlier? This question now fuels the debate on the potential responsibilities of the various actors involved in the validation and disbursement chain.
The case took on a political dimension following revelations by MP Thierno Alassane Sall. During a press conference held on June 12, the president of the Republic of Values (RV) party accused the Spanish company AEE Power EPC of having embezzled a significant portion of the funds intended for Senegal's rural electrification project.
Based on bank documents from a legal proceeding opened in Spain, the former Minister of Energy claims that approximately 56 million euros, or nearly 37 billion FCFA, were paid to the company in June 2024 before transfers were made to several accounts abroad with no apparent link to the execution of the project.
The MP also criticizes the Senegalese authorities for their inaction despite warnings issued as early as September 2024 by Banco Santander and the Spanish insurer Cesce. He calls for a thorough investigation, enhanced cooperation with the Spanish judiciary, and the publication of the project's actual progress.
In this context, the suspension letter signed by Baba Diallo appears as a new piece of evidence that could shed light on the sequence of events. As the investigation continues, this document reignites questions about the circumstances surrounding the disbursement of funds and the responsibilities of the various parties involved in this complex case.
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