Jewelry confiscated from wife of ousted Sudanese president for corruption

A court of first instance in Khartoum sentenced Widad Babikerwife of the ousted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir (1989-2019), to pay a fine of 100 million Sudanese pounds ($170,000) for corruption and ordered the confiscation of his property, including his jewelry, according to a statement from the Attorney General’s Office published this Sunday.

In the brief, the judge Moez Babiker said “The defendant, Widad Babiker, is guilty of illicit enrichment for collecting the pension (for the death) of her first husband, the member of the military council of the Al Bashir coup, Colonel Ibrahim Shams al Dinfor 11 years while married to Omar al Bashir (her second husband)”.

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According to the court ruling, which can be appealed to higher instances, these facts are a “violation of the Armed Forces Law and the illegal enrichment law”, to which he added that “the gemstones he possesses represent illegal and suspicious enrichment”.

Furthermore, the judge stated that “the defendant, Widad Babikerhad acquired wealth, real estate and precious stones, and failed to prove the source of his possession”.

”Consequently, the court issued a ruling to confiscate real estate, funds, jewelry and precious stones, as well as to freeze two bank accounts in the Omdurman National Bankin addition to imposing a fine of 100 million Sudanese pounds”, concluded the magistrate in the letter.

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For years, suspicions and accusations circulated among Sudanese against the second wife of the imprisoned Sudanese president, who was arrested in late 2019 and released on bail.

Her first husband was coup military council member Al Bashir, who was killed in a helicopter crash; Babiker later married the now ousted president, who is accused of money laundering.

Source: Elcomercio

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