Moustapha Diop-Tabaski Ngom: the good news and the bad news

The case of the 734 million CFA francs has taken a new turn, reports Les Échos in its latest edition. After being granted provisional release with judicial supervision last May, Moustapha Diop has just been cleared of all charges this Wednesday. The senior investigating judge of the Financial Judicial Pool has thus completely exonerated the member of parliament and mayor of Louga.

A different outcome awaits her accuser, Tabaski Ngom, who has been sent to trial. The Treasury inspector will not be the only one to appear: businessman Mor Guèye and Mamadou Lamarana Bâ are also implicated in this decision. The latter, however, is currently a fugitive.

Momath Ba, former director general of the Agency for the Development and Promotion of Industrial Sites (APROSI), also benefited from a dismissal of charges. Indicted in this case, he had been placed under judicial supervision after depositing 90 million.

The case, involving the embezzlement of public funds, came to light following a handover of duties at the Electricity Sector Regulatory Commission (CRSE), where Tabaski Ngom worked as a special accounts accountant. As part of this procedure, the same source recalls, the Treasury inspector implicated Moustapha Diop, demanding 400 million from him. She claimed to have lent him this sum for preparations for the legislative elections and that she was to "replace the amount once the debt was paid."

"The lady never lent him any money."

These are accusations that the deputy-mayor of Louga has always categorically denied, challenging his accuser to produce evidence.