By Kebba AF Touray
Mrs. Marie Therese Gomez, Registrar of Companies, on Monday, 6th October 2025, reappeared before the National Assembly’s Special Select Committee investigating the sale and disposal of assets identified by the Janneh Commission as belonging to former President Yahya AJJ Jammeh.
The Committee continues to probe the management, sale, and disposal of assets seized from former President Jammeh and his associates, amid concerns over missing records, unaccounted proceeds, and the lack of transparency in how the companies were handled after the Janneh Commission’s findings.
Her reappearance followed an earlier testimony in which she promised to search for and produce documentation on 14 companies linked to Jammeh that were listed by the Committee. She was recalled to present those documents, give updates on the current status of the companies, and clarify whether any had undergone liquidation.
When questioned by Committee Counsel Aji Saine Kah on whether she had conducted the search, Mrs. Gomez replied, “Very well,” confirming she had. However, she admitted that despite extensive efforts, “some of the documentations could not be traced.”
Counsel Kah asked her to explain the concept of liquidation and the role of the Registrar of Companies in the process. In her response, Mrs. Gomez explained that liquidation is “a procedure to wind up a company” through the appointment of a liquidator, who takes control of the company’s assets, sells them, and settles outstanding debts.
She added that when a liquidator is appointed, “he or she notifies the Registrar of Companies and requests for copies of documents such as the incorporation certificate and records of ownership.” The liquidator may then call meetings of the company and its creditors to complete the process, which ends when the company is officially dissolved and removed from the register.
Counsel Kah pressed further, asking whether the Registrar’s records reflected information about the sale of some of these assets, which reportedly occurred between 2019 and 2020. Mrs. Gomez responded, “Basically, I have not come across anything in the database. In the current database we are using, there is no other filing besides the registration.”
Providing updates on individual companies, Mrs. Gomez said that Kora Media Corporation was incorporated in 2015 and last filed documents in 2017. Green Industry, incorporated under the 1955 Companies Act on 12th May 2007, “is still in the register.” Kanilai Worney Family Farms, she said, is also still registered but “has never filed a return.”
Regarding Sindola Safari, Mrs. Gomez stated that it was incorporated on 27th April 2010, but “there isn’t any information apart from the date of incorporation and name of the company.” For Westwood Gambia Limited and BP Investment Group, she reported that “the records cannot be traced.”
She noted that Atlantic Pelican Gambia Limited, Royal Africa Capital Holdings Limited, Africada Airways, and Africada Financial Services and Bureau D’Change Limited still exist in the Registrar’s records. Similarly, the West African Resource Development and Marketing Corporation Limited, incorporated in 2014, “still exists as per our records.”
Counsel Kah then pointed out that many of the companies listed by the Committee are still on the register, despite testimony from former Attorney General Abubacarr Tambadou indicating that they had been liquidated and struck off. Mrs. Gomez acknowledged, “Yes,” confirming that most of the companies remain active in the corporate register.
