In Senegal, he is one of the first executives from the Macky Sall era to face prosecution for economic offenses, and the first former member of the government to be imprisoned. Minister of Sports in 2023-2024, Lat Diop was indicted and detained Thursday evening on charges related to his previous position as director of Lonase, the National Lottery of Senegal.
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It was the statements of a former boss of an online sports betting company that landed Lat Diop in prison. During his hearing by the new financial judicial pool, just installed, Mouhamed Dieng declared having handed over several billion CFA francs to the CEO of Lonase.
Charges rejected by the person now indicted for extortion, embezzlement and money laundering. His lawyer, Me El Hadj Diouf, speaks of denunciation and denounces the violation of the duration of police custody, justifying according to him the nullity, which he will request next week. According to him, the offenses are “ non-existent “, because no material proof of these discounts is provided, no audit or report from Lonase cited. It evokes a political procedure, at a time when the new authorities entrust their predecessors with the management of the country.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko promised investigations to resolve the “ widespread corruption “.
Lat Diop was preparing a candidacy for the legislative elections on November 17 in Guédiawaye. The former majority rejects accusations of mismanagement against it. She planned to organize a demonstration this Friday, as part of the new Alliance for the Transparency of Legislative Elections (Atel), but the demonstration was banned.
Faced with accusations of embezzlement and financial slippages brought by the Prime Minister, Abdou Mbow, former deputy and spokesperson for the APR, suspects an electoral campaign before the time of a Prime Minister “ in bad shape “.
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