Libération de Farba Ngom : Marche pacifique et sit-in annoncés contre une "détention arbitraire"
The Committee for Popular Resistance has no intention of giving up its fight to secure the release of the mayor of Agnam, who is being held in pretrial detention in the 125 billion CFA franc case. This Monday, February 9th, while members of parliament were in plenary session to ratify the list of members of the ad hoc committee tasked with ruling on the request to lift the parliamentary immunity of the Honorable Member of Parliament Farba Ngom—for the second time—the committee held a press conference. It vehemently denounced the "unequal treatment between two people prosecuted for the same offenses, in the same case, while one of them remains in detention despite a health condition recognized as incompatible with incarceration." Al Ousseynou Ndiaye and his associates also unveiled their action plan to demand justice.
“If we are speaking out today, it is neither out of provocation, nor political calculation, much less out of passion. We are speaking out of civic duty. Our commitment concerns the situation of the Honorable Member of Parliament Farba Ngom, Mayor of Agnam, who has been in pre-trial detention since February 27, 2025, for alleged embezzlement of public funds,” stressed Al Ousseynou Ndiaye, coordinator of the Committee for Popular Resistance.
He adds: “After ordering medical examinations conducted by sworn professors, the Court received clear and consistent reports establishing that the detainee’s state of health was incompatible with continued detention. Against all legal and medical logic, and in total contradiction with his own due diligence, the judge nevertheless rejected twice the applications for provisional release based on these expert reports. After many months of detention, the Honorable Member of Parliament Farba Ngom was heard on December 15 and 17, 2025.”
Following the hearings of January 7, 2026, the competent judge, ruling with complete independence and conscience, ordered the lifting of the detention order in light of decisive elements that could not reasonably be ignored: the solidity, coherence and consistency of the arguments developed by the Honorable Farba Ngom; the clear and detailed explanations provided by Mr. Tahirou Sarr, presented in the file as his alleged "Siamese twin"; the existence of serious disputes and the manifest insufficiency of the charges at this stage of the proceedings; the institutional status of the Honorable Farba Ngom, Member of Parliament and Mayor of the municipality of Agnam.
According to him, an appeal by the prosecutor has "arbitrarily and incomprehensibly kept" MP Farba Ngom in detention, while in the same case, Tahirou Sarr, presented as the main player, the true linchpin of the proceedings, and the beneficiary of the same defense arguments, has nevertheless been released. Such disparity in treatment, the committee believes, "seriously calls into question the meaning of fairness, justice, and the rule of law."
“How can we explain such a difference in treatment between two people prosecuted for the same facts, in the same case, when one of them is kept in detention despite a state of health recognized as incompatible with incarceration? Even more worrying, while this procedure has not yet reached its conclusion, a new prosecution has been initiated against the Honorable Farba Ngom, accompanied by a request to lift his parliamentary immunity, based on facts publicly exposed by the Minister of Justice,” Al Ousseynou Ndiaye insisted.
For the Committee for Popular Resistance, justice is served in the courts, not in the media. "When judicial decisions are neutralized, when equality before the law becomes variable, when entire families are dragged into repeated proceedings, silence is no longer an option," it warned, before noting that the 15th legislature is now facing a moment of truth.
Faced with this situation, the Committee for Popular Resistance, with the support of religious and traditional leaders, political leaders, and some activists, is entering a new phase of mobilization to secure the immediate release of their son. They have announced a peaceful march on Saturday, February 14, from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM, starting at the Nguélew market grounds (Niary Tally). They have also announced a sit-in in front of the National Assembly on Monday, February 16, to protest the lifting of parliamentary immunity for MP Farba Ngom.
For these supporters of the mayor of Agnam: "When justice hesitates, the people question. When the law retreats, the Republic falters. When injustice persists, citizen resistance becomes a historical obligation."
It should be noted that Farba Ngom has been in pretrial detention since February 27, 2025. He is being prosecuted, notably for money laundering in connection with the case of suspicious transactions involving more than 125 billion CFA francs, traced by CENTIF (the Financial Intelligence Unit). Today, he faces a new investigation aimed at determining his responsibility in "the serious offenses and assessing the impact of his actions on public order and compliance with prison legislation."
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