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| President Omar Guelleh was criticized in court AFP |
A court in London has
acquitted Djibouti's former ports chief Abdourahman Borreh of
siphoning off millions of dollars from a contract to expand the harbour near
the capital.
BBC
Africa Live report continues:
The
UK lawyer representing Borreh issued a statement following his client's acquittal on charges of
bribery and corruption in a London commercial court.
The
charges were brought by Djibouti's government, which accused Mr Borreh of
siphoning millions of dollars from a contract to expand the harbour.
"Mr
Justice Flaux rejected all of the claimants’ allegations of bribery and
corruption, finding that Mr Borreh was 'justly proud' of what he had achieved
for his country, and was 'not a man who would take bribes to sell his country
short,'" said lawyer Keir Howie in a statement.
"All
of the claimants’ witnesses were found to have been unreliable; and some,
including the President of Djibouti [Ismael Omar Guelleh], were found to have
given untruthful evidence to the court," he added.
The government and Mr
Guelleh, who gave a statement to the court, have not yet commented.
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