The case of State vs Ousainou Bojang and Amie Bojang continued as the second accused, Amie Bojang, faced an intense cross-examination by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), A.M. Yusuf.
Amie Bojang, who is charged with accessory after the fact, maintained that she was only helping her brother with a personal crisis, not a murder cover-up.
Counsel J. Jeng and Counsel Sillah represented the 1st and 2nd defendants, respectively.
The cross-examination focused on the timeline of Ousainou Bojang’s visit, the details of his problem with his ‘white lady,’ and Amie Bojang’s actions on the day of the alleged escape.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Are you related to the accused, Ousainou Bojang? Are you of the same mother and father?
Amie Bojang: Yes, we are.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: How many of you are there in your family?
Amie Bojang: Five of us.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Do you know where Ousainou was born?
Amie Bojang: He was born in Bamba Jiddah in Ziguinchor.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: The day Ousainou visited you in Yundum and told you he was having problems with his white lady, do you know what day it was?
Amie Bojang: It was on a Monday.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: On Tuesday, 13th September 2023 the day of the shooting of the PIU officer. Did you speak to Ousainou?
Amie Bojang: Yes, I spoke to him on Tuesday at 8 p.m.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: And what did he tell you?
Amie Bojang: Nothing, we were just talking about his problem with the white lady.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: What is the name of the white lady?
Amie Bojang: I’m not familiar with her name, but I know she is called Gloria.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Did Ousainou tell you that he owes the white lady D40,000?
Amie Bojang: Yes, on Monday.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: In your testimony yesterday, you said the white lady threatened to expose Ousainou’s nude pictures; did he (Ousainou) show you the picture?
Amie Bojang: No, he didn’t show me the picture.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Did he tell you who he was with in the picture?
Amie Bojang: No, I didn’t ask.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Will you be surprised to hear that the pictures he is talking about involve him and the white lady videoing themselves?
Amie Bojang: I don’t know anything about that because they are lovers, and anything can happen.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: You said Ousainou told you he was going to Kolda to seek Marabout’s assistance. What kind of assistance?
Amie Bojang: He said he was going to see a Marabout because the white lady was threatening to expose his nudes.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Are there no Marabouts in The Gambia?
Question challenged by Counsel Sillah but overruled by the court.
Amie Bojang: I don’t know.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Yesterday, you stated that the day Ousainou informed you about his problem, you called your brother and asked him to help Ousainou. Which brother?
Amie Bojang: My brother, Pa Modou Lamin Bojang.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: So it was your brother Pa Bojang that told you that Ousainou was owing the white lady D40,000?
Amie Bojang: Pa Bojang did not tell me anything about any money.
Amie Bojang: Pa Bojang did not tell me anything about any money
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Where Ousainou was working before his arrest, how many years was he working there
Amie Bojang: I cannot tell the number of years
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Is it up to 3 years
Amie Bojang: I don’t know
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Is it up to 5 years
Amie Bojang: I don’t know
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Do you know the owner of the compound where Ousainou was working before his arrest
Amie Bojang: That place is a lodge, many people own that lodge
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Who are the many people
Amie Bojang: Catherine, Sharon and others
DPP A.M. Yusuf: So the fact that Ousainou didn’t leave his house on Wednesday, he has to hide, and you came with a car to take a full-grown man suggests that you knew Ousainou had done something very terrible.
Amie Bojang: I found Ousainou chatting with the workers when I got there, and he was not hiding. We were there chatting with the driver. A person who killed someone would have absconded that night, but Ousainou was there chatting with the boys, and that was 12 o’clock in the day.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: Also at the border, you spoke with the bike owner and negotiated with him, and you went with the bike man to meet Ousainou at the car he was hiding.
Amie Bojang: Ousainou was not hiding; he came down from the car, and we went to the garage, and that was when I asked which bike was going to Jululung. I was shown a bike, and we negotiated. He initially charged D250, but I paid D300 because I was in a haste, as I needed to cook, and that is how I left Ousainou there at the Garage.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: I am putting it to you that all you are saying in this court is just in order to cover up what Ousainou has done.
Amie Bojang: I am not covering up for him. What happened and what I saw is what I said.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: I am also putting it to you that Ousainou informed you the day you came to pick him up with the taxi driver, that he had shot some police officers.
Amie Bojang: I’m a woman; how can Ousainou tell me that, and I will still try to take Ousainou? I have a family, and I am thinking about my family.
DPP A.M. Yusuf: But he tells you a lot of things he has not told anyone.
Amie Bojang: There is nothing Ousainou tells me that he never tells anyone else. At this point, the DPP concluded his cross-examination. Defense Closes Case; Judgment Date Set
Following the cross-examination, Counsel A. Sillah informed the court that the defense had no further witnesses to call and was closing its case.
Justice Jaiteh declared, “So the second defense case is hereby closed,” and Amie Bojang was discharged.
Justice Jaiteh then directed the counsels to file their final written briefs of argument. All parties agreed to a 28 day period for filing.
Justice Jaiteh said: “The accused persons counsel are given each 28 days to write and file their written brief of argument. The prosecution is also given 28 days to file their written brief of argument from the date of receipt of the accused person’s brief. The defense counsel is each given 17 days in order to file their reply on the version.”
The court registrar was also directed to ensure proceedings are timed and available upon request at a reasonable fee.
“So when we come on the 27 February 2026, I will give the date for the judgment,” Justice Jaiteh said.
The case is now adjourned to the 27th day of February 2026.
