Procès Keur Yeurmandé : 5 ans de prison ferme requis contre Ndella Madior Diouf
After several postponements, Ndella Madior Diouf was tried this Tuesday in the Dakar criminal court. The owner of the Keur Yeurmandé nursery appeared alongside her assistant, Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye, and the radio host, El Hadji Séne. The nannies Awa Mbaye, Fanta Cissokho, Anta Sarr, and others, who were under judicial supervision, did not appear at the hearing.
Ndella Madior Diouf is accused of human trafficking, illegally practicing medicine, depriving someone of food or care resulting in death without intent to kill, endangering the lives of others, failing to assist a person in danger, improperly obtaining a burial certificate, violating burial laws, manslaughter, and failing to register a birth. Her co-defendants are being prosecuted for complicity.
Dressed in a long green boubou and a black cap, Ndella Madior Diouf appeared serene in the dock, even laughing in front of the court. She contested the charges against her. Recalling the creation of the "SOS Keur Yeurmandé" orphanage, she explained that she herself had faced a pregnancy with denial of paternity while she was a fifth-year medical student. "Fortunately, I had the support of my family," she said.
She then recounted being contacted by a young girl via WhatsApp, a victim of rape and pregnant. "She didn't want her parents to be informed. She gave birth in August 2022 at the Kaolack regional hospital," she explained.
Continuing, she stated that after an interview with RFM about her project to take in children, she received numerous requests: "My phone kept ringing. I found myself with about sixty children. The women came in distress because the fathers were running away from their responsibilities. I advised them against having abortions. I agreed to accompany them on the condition that they completely abandon the child, or that they pay 2,000 FCFA per day for its care," she maintained.
Ndella Madior Diouf also indicated that one of the children was adopted by Sémou Diop and Mariama Diallo.
"It's an attack, I've been infiltrated."
Returning to the situation at her orphanage, Ndella Madior Diouf lashed out at the Senegalese Medical Association. "The Medical Association attacked me. Daba Boye died because of medical negligence at the Rufisque hospital," she declared, before adding: "It's an attack, sabotage. I've been infiltrated. Even the Minister of Health sent his driver and his chief of staff with a phone to visit Keur Yeurmandé."
She also accuses the former Minister for Women: "It was the Ministry for Women, with the prefect and the child protection directorate, that carried out the operation. After my arrest, they made a dirty video. They recovered 48 babies," she stated.
The judge reminded her that medical reports from October 2023 indicated diarrhea and vomiting in several children. Ndella Madior Diouf rejected these findings: "This report was written to influence the judge. The first child who died, Mouhamed Konté, suffered from diarrhea. There was a delay in providing care. I absolve myself of responsibility," she maintained.
Regarding the illegal practice of medicine, she defended herself: "I am a medical student, but I have not yet defended my thesis. Fifth-year students can have a stamp and prescribe medication," she stated.
She concluded: "I proudly saved about sixty babies. I committed no negligence. Some deaths are linked to a lack of space at the Albert Royer hospital."
When questioned, Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye and El Hadji Séne denied any involvement, stating that they only worked at the radio station.
In his observations, the public prosecutor noted that Ndella Madior Diouf demanded financial contributions from the mothers, failing which she would keep the children. The prosecution argued that her defense was inadequate: "Just because someone has experienced a difficult situation doesn't give them the right to commit illegal acts," the prosecutor insisted.
The prosecution requested acquittal on the charges of human trafficking, citing a lack of evidence, as well as on charges of food deprivation and violations of burial laws. However, it requested a five-year prison sentence and a fine of one million CFA francs for the illegal practice of medicine, manslaughter, failure to assist a person in danger, and endangering the lives of others.
For the other defendants, the prosecutor requested three months imprisonment for failure to assist a person in danger.
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