By Fatoumatta Sillah
The Secretariat of the NPP-led Alliance has dismissed recent corruption allegations against government officials, describing them as politically driven attempts to influence the outcome of the December 2026 presidential election.
In a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Mai Ahmed Fatty, the Alliance said the timing and nature of the allegations suggest a coordinated political strategy rather than genuine concerns about governance.
“In an election year, the orchestrated amplification of corruption allegations that did not target demonstrable policy failures, but unnamed officials through anonymous and unverifiable sources, is a stratagem as ancient as contested democracy and as transparent as it is ignoble,” the statement said.
The Alliance argued that the claims lack credible evidence and do not meet basic legal or journalistic standards, insisting that due process must be followed in making public accusations.
It further stated that many of the allegations circulating in recent weeks are politically motivated and designed to damage the government’s image ahead of elections.
“Every recent allegation of corruption thus far advanced against any official of this Government was promulgated without a credible verifiable source, without recourse to legal process, and in flagrant disregard of the elementary journalistic obligation to put the allegation to the accused before publication,” the statement added.
According to the Secretariat, the pattern and timing of the allegations suggest coordination aimed at the political calendar rather than public accountability.
“When allegations arrive pre-packaged, coordinated across platforms, and timed to the electoral calendar, they cease to be expressions of concern for the Republic. They become instruments of a campaign,” it said.
The Alliance also defended the record of President Adama Barrow, describing his tenure since 2017 as a period of significant democratic and development progress in the country.
It urged the public to treat politically charged allegations with caution and allow proper institutions to handle any credible complaints of wrongdoing.
