{{Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh’s nephew on whose head the dreaded leader has placed $13,000 bounty, is reportedly in neighbouring Senegal.}}
The Gambian leader accused Pa Ousman Bojan of stealing an undisclosed amount of money from the Kanilai Group International, a family business conglomerate, which his renegade nephew managed.
The media in Dakar, quoting a Banjul correspondent, on Wednesday said that Mr Bojan had arrived “safe and sound” in Senegal.
A news release from the Office of the President in Banjul warned the public “not to give Mr Bojang any assistance or to hide him or facilitate his escape”.
The release added that “drastic action will be taken against any one helping him (Bojan) in this regard”.
The media in Gambia quoted unconfirmed sources as saying that Mr Bojang was accused of embezzling more than D25 million (about $641,025) from the conglomerate.
President Jammeh could be contemplating requesting his Senegalese counterpart to extradite his nephew.
However, such an appeal could be rejected as a similar one last year in which the Gambian leader requested Dakar to hand him Mr Kukoi Samba Sagna, bore no fruits.
Mr Sagna had long been on President Jammeh’s wanted list for allegedly planning to topple him.
Senegal finally handed over Mr Sagna to Mali where the alleged dissident died after a long illness.
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